The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπίλῐνος“made of felt”
- English todayspongiopilin
From spongio- + Ancient Greek πίλῐνος (pílĭnos, “made of felt”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
spongiopilin
Today it means: A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistened with hot water it is used as a poultice. Full definition →
Ancient Greek πίλῐνος