The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκύστις“bladder”
- English todaycystine
From Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), where it was found.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκύστις all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.