The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὀπισθόδομος“back room”
- English todayopisthodomos
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀπισθόδομος (opisthódomos, “back room”), from ὄπισθεν (ópisthen) + δόμος (dómos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
opisthodomos
Today it means: A porch at the rear of a temple, set against the blank back wall of the cella. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ὀπισθόδομος