The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔμβολος“peg, stopper”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπλευρά“a rib, a side of something”
- English todaypleurembolic
From Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “a rib, a side of something”) + Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “peg, stopper”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπλευρά all →
somatopleure
Ancient Greekἔμβολος all →
embolusembolaliaemboliteembolos
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.