The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερίσκιος“throwing the shado all round”
- English todayperiscian
From Ancient Greek περίσκιος (perískios, “throwing the shado all round”), from περί (perí, “around”) + σκιά (skiá, “shadow”); compare French périscien.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.