The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὑδροῦς
- English todayhydrous
From Ancient Greek ὑδροῦς (hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Equivalent to hydro- + -ous. Doublet of Otranto and Hydruntum.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὑδροῦς all →
OtrantoHydruntum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.