The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχελῑδών“swallow”
- English todaychelidonius
Ultimately from Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn, “swallow”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχελῑδών all →
chelidon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chelidonius
Today it means: A stone supposed to be taken from the stomach of a swallow, with purported magical or medicinal properties. Full definition →
Ancient Greek χελῑδών