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Where does “κόλουρος” come from?

κόλουρος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek οὐρά, from Proto-Indo-European ors- — tail.

κόλουρος (Ancient Greek): dock-tailed, stump-tailed; truncated; colure,...

Definitions

  1. dock-tailed, stump-tailed; truncated; colure,...

Ancestry of “κόλουρος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekοὐράthe tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanors-tail

Words derived from “κόλουρος”

  • colurus
  • coluro
  • coluro
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