The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑπο-“under”
- English todayhypothenar
From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + θέναρ (thénar, “palm of the hand”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὑπο- all →
hypo-hypocentrehypodermoclysishyposmiahypozeugmahypozeuxis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.