The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσφυγμικός
- Latin · derived fromsphygmicus
- English todaysphygmic
From Latin sphygmicus, from Ancient Greek σφυγμικός (sphugmikós), from σφυγμός (sphugmós, “pulse”), whence sphygm-.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.