The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμβόλιον“insertion”
- New Latin · derived fromembolium
- English todayembolium
From New Latin embolium, from Ancient Greek ἐμβόλιον (embólion, “insertion”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
embolium
Today it means: A narrow piece separating the costa and corium in certain insects of the suborder Heteroptera. Full definition →
New Latin embolium ← Ancient Greek ἐμβόλιον