The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromψιθύρισμα
- English todaypsithurism
An adaptation of the Ancient Greek ψιθύρισμα (psithúrisma) or ψιθυρισμός (psithurismós), from ψιθυρίζω (psithurízō, “I whisper”), from ψίθυρος (psíthuros, “whispering, slanderous”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.