The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπελαγικός
- Latin · derived frompelagicus
- English todaypelagic
From Latin pelagicus (and possibly pelagus); from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). By surface analysis, -pelag + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπελαγικός all →
pelagosaur
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.