The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτριχ-
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκῦμα“wave”
- English todaycymotrichous
From Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “wave”) + Ancient Greek τριχ- (trikh-), stem of θρίξ (thríx, “hair”), + English -ous. By surface analysis, cymo- + trich- + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκῦμα all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.