The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὝδρα“Hydra”
- Latin · derived fromhydrus“water serpent”
- English todayHydrus
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin hydrus (“water serpent”), originally from Ancient Greek Ὕδρα (Húdra, “Hydra”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekὝδρα all →
hydra
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.