The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἐγχειρίδιον“handbook, manual”
- Latin · borrowed fromenchīridion
- English todayenchiridion
Either via Latin enchīridion or directly, from Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion, “handbook, manual”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -ίδιον (-ídion).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.