arachnid English · revision 1181

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈɹæknɪd/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la-new|Arachnida]], the name of the class, introduced by Lamarck,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) perhaps through the influence of [[fr|arachnide]] (1806).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) This is from [[grc|ἀράχνη|tr=arákhnē|t=spider; spider's web]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) Etymonline notes that the Greek word is probably related to Latin ''aranea'' “spider”, and that Beekes takes both to be borrowings from an unknown source.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Etymonline records it in 1854 in the sense “a spider”;^(Etymonline) Barnhart, Merriam-Webster and the OED date the zoological sense, a member of the class Arachnida, to 1869.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lamarck introduced ''Arachnida'' as a class name in 1815.^(Etymonline) Earlier English nouns were ''arachnidian'' (1828) and ''arachnidan'' (1843).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1806 – French ''arachnide''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1815 – Lamarck's class ''Arachnida''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1854 – “a spider” (Etymonline).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1869 – a member of the Arachnida.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Any of a class of [[arthropod|alt=arthropods]], including [[spider|alt=spiders]], [[scorpion|alt=scorpions]], mites and ticks, with four pairs of legs, no antennae, and a body in two parts.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or belonging to the arachnids.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[arachnidan]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[arachnophobia]]

+ * [[Arachne]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}