The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχηλή“hoof”
- French · derived fromchéloïde
- English todaykeloid
19th century, from French chéloïde, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “hoof”) and -oid.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχηλή all →
chelacheletropicchelicerachelifer
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.