The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμφίμακρος“long at both ends”
- Latin · derived fromamphimacrus
- English todayamphimacer
From Latin amphimacrus, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίμακρος (amphímakros, “long at both ends”); see amphi-, macro-.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.