The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδίς“apart”
- English todaydistrix
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “apart”) + θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδίς all →
dicynodontdiergismdimicticditokous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.