The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἘφθαλίτης
- Latin · derived fromEphthalītēs
- English todayHephthalite
Hypercorrect respelling of Ephthalite, with unetymological initial h-, from Latin Ephthalītēs, from Ancient Greek Ἐφθαλίτης (Ephthalítēs), from Bactrian Ηβοδαλο (Ēbodalo) + Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.