The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλεψύδρα
- Latin · borrowed fromclepsydra
- English todayclepsydra
From Latin clepsydra, from Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra), from κλέπτειν (kléptein, “to steal”) + ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκλεψύδρα all →
water-thief
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.