The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄνυξ“onyx”
- Latin · derived fromonyx
- Old French · derived fromoniche
- Middle English · inherited fromonix
- English todayonyx
From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὄνυξ all →
endonyxleuconychiaonycho-onychotillomania
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.