The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμφίς“both ways”
- English todayamphiscian
From amphi- (from Ancient Greek ἀμφίς (amphís, “both ways”)) + Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -an.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀμφίς all →
amphi-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.