splenium

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπληνῐ́ον“pad or compress of linen”
2. Latin · borrowed fromsplēnium“plaster, patch”
3. English todaysplenium

Borrowed from Latin splēnium (“plaster, patch”), from Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēnĭ́on, “pad or compress of linen”).