The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχελῑδών“swallow”
- English todaychelidon
From Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn, “swallow”), perhaps in reference to the shape of a swallow's tail.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχελῑδών all →
chelidonius
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.