The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀξύς“sharp, pointy”
- translingual · derived fromOxytropis
- English todayoxytrope
From translingual Oxytropis, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointy”) + τρόπις (trópis, “keel”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀξύς all →
oxygenamphioxusoxicoxy-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.