The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὕδωρ“water”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὕδρωψ
- English todayhydrops
From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and dropsy.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὕδωρ all →
hydrohydratehydrangeaanhydrousaerohydroushydatoidhydatophytehydatoscopyhydrohetaerolitehydromelhydrophyllium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.