The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλος“limb”
- English todayrhizomelia
From rhizo- (“root”) + Ancient Greek Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέλος all →
ameliadulcimermelodramamelosacromesomeliaamelichemimeliamelicmelo-melomaniacmeromeliamicromeliananomeliapolymeliatetra-amelia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.