The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδέρμα“skin”
- English today-dermatous
From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), genitive δέρματος (dérmatos) + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδέρμα all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.