The story
- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἐφελκυστικός
- English todayephelcystic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐφελκυστικός (ephelkustikós), from its use in νῦ ἐφελκυστικόν (nû ephelkustikón, “movable nu”, literally “dragged-in nu”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.