The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλύττα
- English todaylytta
From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lytta
Today it means: A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog. Full definition →
Ancient Greek λύττα