The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκύφος“bent”
- English todaycyphonautes
From Ancient Greek κύφος (kúphos, “bent”) + ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκύφος all →
kyphotic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cyphonautes
Today it means: The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κύφος