The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστρῶμα“bed”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀλισθάνω“to slide”
- English todayolistostrome
From Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slide”) + Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀλισθάνω all →
listhesisolistolith
Ancient Greekστρῶμα all →
stromabiostromestromatology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.