The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδέρμα“skin”
- English todaydermatillomania
From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + μανία (manía, “madness”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδέρμα all →
dermatologydermadermdermis-derm-derma-dermatousdermo-lidoderm
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.