The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐκθορέω“to leap out”
- English todayecthoreum
From Ancient Greek ἐκθορέω (ekthoréō, “to leap out”), from θρῴσκω (thrōískō, “jump”), + Latin -eum.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ecthoreum
Today it means: The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἐκθορέω