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Where does “ποικίλος” come from?

ποικίλος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ποικιλός, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

ποικίλος (Ancient Greek): pied, dappled, worked in various colors,...

Definitions

  1. pied, dappled, worked in various colors,...

Ancestry of “ποικίλος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekποικιλός—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “ποικίλος”

  • poikilocytosis
  • poikilothermic
  • poikiloderma
  • poikilitic
  • poikilotherm
  • poikilohydric
  • anisopoikilocytosis
  • poikilocyte
  • poikiloblastic
  • poikilo-
  • poikiloblast
  • leucopoecilos
  • ποικιλία
  • ποικίλος
  • πολυποίκιλος
  • λευκοποίκιλος
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