Etymology · Ancient Greek
βύσσος
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek βύσσος, most common first.
- beigeA colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
- byssoliteAn olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.
- byssusThe long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.