The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄγκος“tumor”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄρθρον“a joint”
- English todayarthroncus
From arthr- (“joint”) + -oncus (“tumor”), from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”) and Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “tumor”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄρθρον all →
arthropodarthrosisanarthrous-arthriaarthro-arthrocentesisarthrodyniaarthrostracousarthrous
Ancient Greekὄγκος all →
onchocerciasisgonyoncusmaschaloncusonco-oncotic-oncusparophthalmoncussialadenoncusstaphyloncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.