The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὕδωρ“water”
- English todayhydrophyllium
From Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + φύλλιον (phúllion), diminutive of φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὕδωρ all →
hydrohydratehydrangeaanhydroushydropsaerohydroushydatoidhydatophytehydatoscopyhydrohetaerolitehydromel
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.