The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromθηλή“nipple”
- English todaythelion
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) + -ion. By surface analysis, thel- + -ion.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekθηλή all →
thel-thelitisthelium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.