The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκοντός“pole”
- English todaybikont
From bi- (“twice”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκοντός all →
heterokontisokont-kontopisthokontstephanokontunikont
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.