The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔκδυσις“stripping”
- English todayecdysis
From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), from ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δύω (dúō, “I get in”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἔκδυσις all →
ecdysteroid
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