The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβλέννα“mucus, slime”
- English todayblennorrhoea
From Ancient Greek βλέννα (blénna, “mucus, slime”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβλέννα all →
blennyblenno-blennophobe
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.