The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδελφύς“womb, uterus”
- English todaydidelphous
From di- + Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb, uterus”) + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδελφύς all →
delphicdidelphidmonodelph
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.