Theجاء speciesاسم nameالنوع isفي [[New Latin|اللاتينية الجديدة]], fromمن the [[Greek (language)|Greekالإغريقية]] ''klosterكلوستر'' (κλωστήρ), والتي تعني "spindleمغزل",<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liddell-Scott |title= κλωστήρ |work=Greek-English Lexicon |publisher=Oxford|postscript= {{inconsistent citations}} }}</ref> andومن [[Latinاللاتينية]] ''difficileديفيسيل'', بمعنى "difficultصعب, obstinateأو عنيد ".<ref>{{Cite journal| last=Cawley |first=Kevin |title=Difficilis |work=Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid |publisher=[[University of Notre Dame]] |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?stem=Difficilis&ending= |accessdate=2013-03-16 |postscript={{inconsistent citations}} }}</ref> It is pronounced {{IPAc-en|k|l|ɔː|ˈ|s|t|r|ɪ|d|i|əm}} {{IPAc-en|d|ɨ|ˈ|f|ɪ|s|ɨ|l|i}} in medical English<ref name="Stedmans">{{Citation |author=Wolters Kluwer |authorlink=Wolters Kluwer |title=Stedman's Medical Dictionary |publisher=Wolters Kluwer |url=http://stedmansonline.com/ |postscript=.}}</ref> (compare [[wikt:difficile#Latin|classical Latin /difˈfi.ki.leː/]]), although [[spelling pronunciation]]s such as {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɪ|f|ɨ|s|i|l}} and {{IPAc-en|d|ɨ|f|ɨ|s|ˈ|iː|l}} are commonly heard. The latter two are approximately comparable to the pronunciations of [[wikt:difficile#English|the obsolete English adjective ''difficile'']] and [[wikt:difficile#French|the French adjective ''difficile'']].
