The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκρῑ́νω“to separate”
- English todayapocrine
From apo- (“away from”) + Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκρῑ́νω all →
merocrine
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.