The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβαφή“dye”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφλόος“bark”
- English todayphlobaphene
From Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “bark”) and Ancient Greek βαφή (baphḗ, “dye”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφλόος all →
phloemphlorizin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.