The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέρμις“cord, string”
- New Latin · borrowed frommermithergata
- English todaymermithergate
From New Latin mermithergata, from Ancient Greek μέρμις (mérmis, “cord, string”) + ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “worker”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.