The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλευκός“white”
- English todayleucophore
From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρειν (phérein, “to bear, to carry”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλευκός all →
leukemialeucineleucisticleucoleuco-leuko-leukorrhea
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.