The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσκίδιον“wineskin, leather bag”
- New Latin · derived fromAscidia
- English todayascidian
From New Latin Ascidia + -an, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion, “wineskin, leather bag”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀσκίδιον all →
ascidium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.