The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀξύς“sharp, keen”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμφί“both”
- English todayamphioxus
From Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, keen”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀμφί all →
amphipathicamphideticamphigory
Ancient Greekὀξύς all →
oxygenoxicoxy-oxytrope
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.