android · noun, adjective1
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνδροειδής“human-shaped”
- New Latin · learned borrowing fromandroīdēs
- English todayandroid
Learned borrowing from New Latin androīdēs, from Ancient Greek ἀνδροειδής (androeidḗs, “human-shaped”). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.
Android · proper noun, noun2
See android.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.