The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκανθα“spine”
- English todayacanthophorous
From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκανθα all →
acanthaacanthionacanthiteacanthocyteacanthoptericystacanthdecacanthheteracanthhexacanthhomacanth
First known use, by meaning
- 19th century Spine-bearing .
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.