The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΦερεκρᾰ́τειος
- Latin · borrowed fromPherecratēus
- English todayPherecratean
From Latin Pherecratēus, by-form of Pherecratīus, from Ancient Greek Φερεκρᾰ́τειος (Pherekrắteios), from Φερεκρᾰ́της (Pherekrắtēs, “Pherecrates”), the name of the metre’s inventor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.