The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμνίον
- Latin · learned borrowing fromamnion“membrane around a fetus”
- English todayamnion
From Latin amnion (“membrane around a fetus”), from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀμνίον all →
amniotic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.