The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκανθα“thorn”
- English todayacantha
From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκανθα all →
acanthionacanthiteacanthocyteacanthophorousacanthoptericystacanthdecacanthheteracanthhexacanthhomacanth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.