The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-
- French · borrowed fromanéroïde
- English todayaneroid
From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀ- all →
AfricaagnosticabioticatresiaabiogenesisachalasiaalexithymiaazoteabarognosisabiosisablepharonabrachiaabrachiocephaliaabranchiataacatalepsyacentricacerousachaenocarpacheneachilousachlamydateacholiaachromatizeAcœmitæacopicacrotismadermatoglyphiaadiaphoristsagnathagnatha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.