The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιάχῡλος“juicy”
- English todaydiachylon
From Ancient Greek διάχῡλος (diákhūlos, “juicy”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
diachylon
Today it means: A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids. Full definition →
Ancient Greek διάχῡλος