The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχρυσός“gold”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΧρυσηΐς
- Italian · derived fromCriseida
- English todayCressida
Used by Geoffrey Chaucer, also by Shakespeare in Troilus and Cressida (1602), from Italian Criseida (which Boccaccio mistakenly substituted for Briseida (“Briseis”)), from Ancient Greek Χρυσηΐς (Khrusēḯs), from Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχρυσός all →
chryso-chrysoidinechrysophytechrysospermchrysostomatic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.