The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμυελός“marrow”
- New Latin · borrowed frommyeloplax
- English todaymyeloplax
From New Latin myeloplax, from Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + πλάξ (pláx, “plate”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμυελός all →
myelinmyelitismyelo-myelon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.