The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπομφόλυξ“a bubble; the slag on the surface of smelted ore”
- Latin · borrowed frompompholyx
- English todaypompholyx
From Latin pompholyx, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “a bubble; the slag on the surface of smelted ore”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.