The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἱερᾱ́ πίκρᾱ
- New Latin · borrowed fromhiera picra
- English todayhiera picra
From New Latin hiera picra, from Ancient Greek ἱερᾱ́ πίκρᾱ (hierā́ píkrā, literally “sacred bitterness”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.