The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτράγος“he-goat; part of the ear”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromtragus
- English todaytragus
Borrowed from Late Latin tragus, from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat; part of the ear”); with reference to a tuft of hair, likened to a goat’s beard, that may grow on the tragus, especially in older men.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτράγος all →
tragopantragopogontragalismtragomaschalia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.