The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχηλή“jawbone”
- New Latin · borrowed fromchēlicera
- English todaychelicera
From New Latin chēlicera, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “jawbone”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχηλή all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.