The story
- French · derived fromomphacin
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄμφαξ“unripe fruit, especially grapes”
- English todayomphacine
From Ancient Greek ὄμφαξ (ómphax, “unripe fruit, especially grapes”): compare French omphacin.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὄμφαξ all →
omphacite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.