The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκῡ́μᾰτος“wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”
- Latin · derived fromcȳmat(is)“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”
- English todaycymatograph
From Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -o- + -graph, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma). Compare cymograph.
Words from the same roots
Latincȳma all →
cymaticcymaticscymatiumcymatoscopecymecymoscope
Ancient Greekκῦμα all →
cymacymaticcymaticscymatiumcymatoscopecymecymoscopecymotrichouskymo-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.