The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμφίβραχυς“short at both ends”
- Latin · learned borrowing fromamphibrachys
- English todayamphibrach
From Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, “short at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βραχύς (brakhús, “short”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.