The story
- French · derived fromcoléoptile
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκολεός“sheath”
- English todaycoleoptile
A classical compound of the Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) + the English -ptile (“leaf”) – the suffix representing the Ancient Greek πτῐ́λον (ptĭ́lon) – probably after the French coléoptile.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκολεός all →
coleusculeus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.