The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτυχή“fold, layer”
- English todayaptychus
Modern Latin, from a- + Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold, layer”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπτυχή all →
pentaptychptychographyptychonome
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.