The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμμόχρῡσος
- Latin · derived fromhammochrȳsos
- English todayhammochrysos
From Latin hammochrȳsos, (h)ammochrȳsus, from Ancient Greek ἀμμόχρῡσος (ammókhrūsos), from ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”) + χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.