The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχεῖλος“lip”
- English todayxerochilia
From xero- + chil- (“lip”), from Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”), + -ia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχεῖλος all →
acheilouscheilo-chilopod
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.