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