The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμαρσίππιον
- Latin · borrowed frommarsūpium
- English todaymarsupium
Borrowed from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.