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