skeuomorph

The story

1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσκεῦος“implement, tool, vessel”
2. English todayskeuomorph

From Ancient Greek σκεῦος (skeûos, “implement, tool, vessel”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”), modeled after zoomorph (“resembling an animal”) and phyllomorph (“resembling a plant”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1889 A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.