1. ἀκαρί · akari — Beekes
ἀκαρί [n.] ‘mite’ (Arist.). «Ραῖ» eETYM Fur.: 371 connects it with κάρνος = φθείρ ‘louse’ (H.), which is quite attractive. It is usually connected with » ἀκαρής, s.v. DELG suggests a contamination of ἀκαρής with κόρις ‘bug’. I would rather think that κόρις is cognate, as a substrate word, with prothetic vowel and a/o interchange. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκαρί, p. 96]