steatopygous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστέᾱτος
2. New Latin · borrowed fromsteatopyga
3. English todaysteatopygous

From steatopyga, steatopygia + -ous. Steatopyga is borrowed from New Latin steatopyga, from Ancient Greek στέᾱτος (stéātos) (genitive singular of στέαρ (stéar, “hard fat, suet, tallow”)) + πῡγή (pūgḗ, “buttocks, rump”).

Words from the same roots