lycopodium

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλύκος“wolf”
2. translingual · borrowed fromLycopodium
3. English todaylycopodium

Borrowed from translingual Lycopodium, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + πούς (poús, “foot”), equivalent to lyco- + -podium.

Words from the same roots