The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromθωμός“heap”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromζῷον“animal”
- English todayzoothome
From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) and Ancient Greek θωμός (thōmós, “heap”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekζῷον all →
zoologyzoonzoonosiszoo-zooecium-zoonzoophagazooticzooxanthella
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.