The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπεριστέλλω“wrap around”
- English todayperistalith
From Ancient Greek περιστέλλω (peristéllō, “wrap around”) (from περί (perí, “around”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I place”)) + -lith (“stone”). Compare peristaltic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.