Where does “ξύστρα” come from?

ξύστρα (Ancient Greek) comes from Greek ξύνω, from Byzantine Greek ξύνω, from Ancient Greek ξύω — to scrape, scratch; to plane, smooth, polish; to...

ξύστρα (Ancient Greek): scraper, used after bathing; strigil

Definitions

  1. scraper, used after bathing; strigil

Ancestry of “ξύστρα”, step by step

ξύστρα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek ξύνω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekξύνωto scratch, scrape
2Byzantine Greekξύνω—
3Ancient Greekξύωto scrape, scratch; to plane, smooth, polish; to...

via Ancient Greek ξῡ́ω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekξῡ́ωto scrape; to scratch

Words derived from “ξύστρα”

Every word from Ancient Greek ξύω →Every word from Byzantine Greek ξύνω →Every word from Greek ξύνω →