The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκορυφαῖος“leader”
- Latin · derived fromcoryphaeus
- English todaycorypheus
From Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader”), from κορυφή (koruphḗ, “head”).
Words from the same roots
Latincoryphaeus all →
coryphaeuscoryphée
Ancient Greekκορυφαῖος all →
coryphaeuscoryphée
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.