The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὙδροῦς
- Latin · borrowed fromHydruntum
- English todayHydruntum
From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Doublet of Otranto and hydrous.
Words from the same roots
LatinHydruntum all →
Otranto
Ancient GreekὙδροῦς all →
hydrousOtranto
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.