The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπέτρος“stone”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromοὖς, ὠτ-“ot-; ear”
- English todayotopetrin
From Ancient Greek οὖς, ὠτ- (oûs, ōt-, “ot-; ear”) and Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “stone”)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekοὖς, ὠτ- all →
otoconium
Ancient Greekπέτρος all →
peterPedroPetrogradhygropetric
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.