The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromθρίξ“hair”
- English todayleiothrix
From New Latin leio- (“smooth”) + Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekθρίξ all →
macrotrichiummonilethrixtricho-trichoepitheliomatrichogyne
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.