The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδεσμός“band, bond”
- English todaycaldesmon
From cal(cium) + desm- + -on, from Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, bond”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδεσμός all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.