The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔλεγχος“refutation, scrutiny”
- Latin · derived fromelenchus
- English todayelench
Latin elenchus, from Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny”); compare Old French elenche. Doublet of elenchus.
Words from the same roots
Latinelenchus all →
elenchus
Ancient Greekἔλεγχος all →
elenchus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.