The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτυχή“fold”
- English todayptychonome
From ptycho- (compare ptychography) + (-)nome, from Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) + νομός (nomós, “division”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπτυχή all →
aptychuspentaptychptychography
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.