The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄστρακον“pottery fragment; shell”
- New Latin · borrowed fromostracum
- English todayostracoderm
From New Latin ostracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “pottery fragment; shell”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).
Words from the same roots
New Latinostracum all →
ostracum
Ancient Greekὄστρακον all →
malacostracologyostraconostracum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.