The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφύλλον
- Latin · derived fromlaurus“bay laurel”
- English todaylaurophyllous
An etymological hybrid of the Latin laurus (“bay laurel”) and the English -phyllous (from the Ancient Greek φύλλον, phúllon, “leaf”).
Words from the same roots
Latinlaurus all →
laurelLaurieLoretoLauroLaurylauraceouslaurestinelaurustinus
Ancient Greekφύλλον all →
phylloxerachromphylliteniobophyllite-phyllphyllo-phyllon-phyllous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.