The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΦάληρος“Phalerus, a mythological hero”
- Latin · derived fromphalera
- German · borrowed fromPhaleristik
- English todayphaleristics
From German Phaleristik, from Latin phalera, from Ancient Greek Φάληρος (Phálēros, “Phalerus, a mythological hero”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.