The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔμβολος“peg, wedge, stopper”
- Latin · derived fromembolus“piston”
- English todayembolite
From Latin embolus (“piston”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “peg, wedge, stopper”).
Words from the same roots
Latinembolus all →
embolus
Ancient Greekἔμβολος all →
embolusembolaliaembolospleurembolic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.