The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκέρας“horn”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκάλυξ“cup”
- English todaycalyceraceous
From translingual Calyceraceae + -ous, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “cup”) + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -aceous.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκάλυξ all →
calyxcalyci-
Ancient Greekκέρας all →
saratogakeratinkeratomileusiscerargyritecerasdinoceraskerato-keratoglobuskeraulophonkeritekeroidorthoceras
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.