The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτρῖψῐς“rubbing, friction”
- New Latin · derived fromonco-“tumor”
- English todayoncotripsy
From New Latin onco- (“tumor”) and Ancient Greek τρῖψῐς (trîpsĭs, “rubbing, friction”) + -y, from τρίβειν (tríbein, “to rub, thresh, pound, wear out”).
Words from the same roots
New Latinonco- all →
onco-oncotic
Ancient Greekτρῖψῐς all →
-tripsy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.