The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερί“about, around”
- English todayperiosteum
From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπερί all →
periodontalperigeeperiodontitisperinatologyperi-periastronperikroneperitropal
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.