The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκοντός“pole”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστέφανος“wreath”
- English todaystephanokont
From stephano- (“wreath”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “wreath”) and Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”) respectively.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστέφανος all →
steveStephenstevenStefanStephanstephanestephanionstephano-
Ancient Greekκοντός all →
bikontheterokontisokont-kontopisthokontunikont
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.