The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromθρίξ“hair”
- Latin · derived frommŏnīle“necklace”
- English todaymonilethrix
From Latin mŏnīle (“necklace”) + Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekθρίξ all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.