The story
- Latin · derived from-ia“-ia: forming neuter plurals”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπέλωρ“monster”
- New Latin · borrowed frompeloria“mutant, especially mutant toadflax”
- English todaypeloria
From New Latin peloria (“mutant, especially mutant toadflax”), from Ancient Greek πέλωρ (pélōr, “monster”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia, -y: forming abstract nouns”) and Latin -ia (“-ia: forming neuter plurals”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.