The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromξανθός“yellow”
- New Latin · borrowed fromxanthelasma
- English todayxanthelasma
From New Latin xanthelasma, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + ἔλασμα (élasma, “metal plate, foil”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekξανθός all →
xanthinexanthochroixanthophyllite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.