The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσᾰρδόνῠξ
- Latin · derived fromsardonyx
- Middle English · inherited fromsardonix, sardonyx
- English todaysardonyx
Inherited from Middle English sardonix, sardonyx (c. 1382), from Latin sardonyx, from Ancient Greek σᾰρδόνῠξ (sărdónŭx). Doublet of sardoin.
Words from the same roots
Latinsardonyx all →
sardoin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.