The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀξῠ́ς
- translingual · borrowed fromOxylobium
- English todayoxylobium
Borrowed from translingual Oxylobium, from translingual oxy- (“sharp”, Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)) + Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “lobe”) + translingual -ium, literally “sharp-lober”.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς all →
oxy-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.