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Where does “κλύδων” come from?

κλύδων (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱlewH- — to clean, rinse, slide.

κλύδων (Ancient Greek): wave, billow, and collectively, surf, rough...

Definitions

  1. wave, billow, and collectively, surf, rough...

Ancestry of “κλύδων”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱlewH-to clean, rinse, slide

Words derived from “κλύδων”

  • klystron
  • Euroclydon
  • εὐροκλύδων
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