The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥοπαλιον
- New Latin · borrowed fromrhopalium
- English todayrhopalium
From New Latin rhopalium, from Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον (rhopalion), diminutive of ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club”).
Words from the same roots
New Latinrhopalium all →
rhopalocercous
Ancient Greekῥοπαλιον all →
rhopalocercous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.