The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσφραγίς“a seal”
- Latin · derived fromsphragis
- English todaysphragide
From Latin sphragis, sphragidis (“Lemnian earth”), from Ancient Greek σφραγίς (sphragís, “a seal”), so called because sold in sealed packets.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσφραγίς all →
sphragistics
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.