The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτύξις“a folding”
- New Latin · borrowed fromptyxis
- English todayptyxis
From New Latin ptyxis, from Ancient Greek πτύξις (ptúxis, “a folding”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ptyxis
Today it means: The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud. Full definition →
New Latin ptyxis ← Ancient Greek πτύξις