Word Origin Summary

*hekʰinos is attested in Proto-Hellenic. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• eĥino

  Esperanto · derived from

• Echinus

  Translingual · derived from

• equidna

  Spanish · derived from

• echinocacto

  Italian · derived from

• echino-

  English · derived from

• equino

  Spanish · derived from

• Echimys

  Translingual · derived from

• Echinodermata

  Translingual · derived from

What You Can Explore

• 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
• 🌳Language family tree — trace connections across related languages
• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root