The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδελφίς“dolphin”
- Latin · derived fromdelphīnus“dolphin”
- English todaydelphinic
From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”), from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”) + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Latindelphīnus all →
dolphindauphindelphinedelphinDelphinusdelphiniondelphinoid
Ancient Greekδελφίς all →
dolphindauphindelphinion
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.