The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπέταλον“leaf”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιαλύω“separate”
- English todaydialypetalous
From Ancient Greek διαλύω (dialúō, “separate”) + Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon, “leaf”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπέταλον all →
petalpetalum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.