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Where does “πέζις” come from?

πέζις (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European pesd- — to fart softly, pass gas, break wind.

πέζις (Ancient Greek): paltry puffball

Definitions

  1. paltry puffball

Ancestry of “πέζις”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpesd-to fart softly, pass gas, break wind

Words derived from “πέζις”

  • pezograph
  • pezica
  • Pezizales
  • Pezizomycetes
  • Peziza
  • Pezizomycotina
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