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Where does “κλίνη” come from?

κλίνη (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek κλίνειν — present active infinitive of κλίνω; to lean,...

κλίνη (Ancient Greek): bed, couch

Definitions

  1. bed, couch

Ancestry of “κλίνη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκλίνεινpresent active infinitive of κλίνω; to lean,...

Words derived from “κλίνη”

  • clinical
  • clinic
  • clinically
  • clinician
  • preclinical
  • subclinical
  • nonclinical
  • monoclinic
  • triclinic
  • clinoid
  • clinal
  • polyclinic
  • subclinically
  • electroclinical
  • preclinically
  • paraclinical
  • aclinical
  • policlinic
  • clinally
  • preclinic
  • psychoclinical
  • postclinic
  • polyclinical
  • unclinical
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