Editing Proboscis (section)

==Etymology==
First attested in English in 1609 from Latin {{lang|la|proboscis}}, the [[latinisation (literature)|latinisation]] of the [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|προβοσκίς}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|proboskis}}),<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dproboski%2Fs προβοσκίς],
Henry George Liddell, Robert S, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> which comes from {{lang|grc|πρό}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|pro}}) 'forth, forward, before'<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpro%2F πρό], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> + {{lang|grc|βόσκω}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|bosko}}), 'to feed, to nourish'.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dbo%2Fskw βόσκω], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref><ref>{{OEtymD|proboscis}}</ref> The plural as derived from the Greek is {{lang|grc-Latn|proboscides}}, but in English the plural form ''proboscises'' occurs frequently.