amphibian

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμφίβιος
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromamphibius
3. English todayamphibian

Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)] + -an.

Words from the same roots