staphyloncus

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄγκος“tumor”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromσταφυλή“bunch of grapes, uvula”
3. English todaystaphyloncus

From staphyl- (“uvula”) + -oncus (“tumor”), from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes, uvula”) and Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “tumor”).

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