The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“a-”
- New Latin · derived fromachena
- French · borrowed fromachène
- English todayachene
From French achène and its source, New Latin achena, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + χαίνω (khaínō, “to gape”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀ- all →
AfricaagnosticabioticatresiaabiogenesisaneroidachalasiaalexithymiaazoteabarognosisabiosisablepharonabrachiaabrachiocephaliaabranchiataacatalepsyacentricacerousachaenocarpachilousachlamydateacholiaachromatizeAcœmitæacopicacrotismadermatoglyphiaadiaphoristsagnathagnatha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.