lemniscus

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλημνῐ́σκος
2. Latin · borrowed fromlēmniscus“pendent ribbon”
3. English todaylemniscus

Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnĭ́skos), from Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) + -ίσκος (-ískos, “noun-forming diminutive suffix”).