The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥόδον“rose”
- English todayRhodostaurotic
From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + σταυρός (staurós, “cross”), suffix possibly influenced by σταύρωσις (staúrōsis, “crucifixion”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekῥόδον all →
roserhodiumrhodopsinrhodoniterhodococcuslignum rhodiumrhodo-rhodomelsub rosa
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.