chrysalis

chrysalis · noun, verb¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρυσαλλίς
2. Latin · borrowed fromchrysalis
3. English todaychrysalis

From Latin chrysalis, variant of chrȳsallis, from Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς (khrusallís), usually derived from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold, golden”) + -αλλ- + -ις (-is, “-id: forming feminine nouns”) but compare θρυαλλίς (thruallís) and ἀρυβαλλίς (aruballís), both believed to come from a Pre-Greek substrate on the basis of their unusual endings.

Chrysalis · proper noun²

From chrysalis. Coined in 2022.