The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀμφαλός“navel”
- English todayomphaloskeptic
From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + σκέψις (sképsis, “perception, reflection”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀμφαλός all →
omphalo-omphalodeomphalomesaraicomphalosOmphalos hypothesisomphaloskepsis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.