The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλεπίς“scale (of a fish); flake”
- English todaylepal
From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale (of a fish); flake”); compare French lépale.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλεπίς all →
lepidolitelepidiclepidopterology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.