The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἱδρωτικός
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromhidrōticus
- English todayhidrotic
From the Medieval Latin hidrōticus, from the Ancient Greek ἱδρωτικός (hidrōtikós), from ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”, stem: ἱδρωτ-); by surface analysis, hidr(osis)- + -otic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.