The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“not”
- English todayachilous
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀ- all →
AfricaagnosticabioticatresiaabiogenesisaneroidachalasiaalexithymiaazoteabarognosisabiosisablepharonabrachiaabrachiocephaliaabranchiataacatalepsyacentricacerousachaenocarpacheneachlamydateacholiaachromatizeAcœmitæacopicacrotismadermatoglyphiaadiaphoristsagnathagnatha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.