The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσκίδιον
- New Latin · borrowed fromascidium
- English todayascidium
From New Latin ascidium, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion), from ἀσκός (askós, “leather bag”) + -ιδιον (-idion, “diminutive ending”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀσκίδιον all →
ascidian
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.