The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγλαυκός“blue-green, blue-grey”
- Latin · borrowed fromglaucus
- English todayglaucous
From Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”), 1670s. See Irish glas.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγλαυκός all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.