The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμένω“remain”
- English todaymenopome
From Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “remain”) + πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), referring to its persistent gill aperture.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμένω all →
menobranchmenobranchus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.