The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκανθα“thorn”
- New Latin · borrowed fromacanthion
- English todayacanthion
From New Latin acanthion, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + -ion.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκανθα all →
acanthaacanthiteacanthocyteacanthophorousacanthoptericystacanthdecacanthheteracanthhexacanthhomacanth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.