The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑδρο-“water”
- Latin · borrowed fromhydroparastatae
- English todayhydroparastatae
From Latin hydroparastatae from Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) + παραστάτης (parastátēs, “defender”), from παρίστημι (parístēmi, “to stand by, defend”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.