The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστάχυς“ear of grain”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄγαν“very much”
- English todayagastache
Coined by John Clayton from Ancient Greek ἄγαν (ágan, “very much”) + Ancient Greek στάχυς (stákhus, “ear of grain”)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστάχυς all →
distachyous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.