The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀστέον“bone”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔνδον“within”
- English todayendosteum
From end- (“inside, internal, within”) (from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “within”)) + Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἔνδον all →
endoosmosisend-endogeic
Ancient Greekὀστέον all →
osteoporosisdysostosisboneseedexostosisosteo-osteoclasyosteon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.