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Where does “πῡρήν” come from?

πῡρήν (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πῡρός — wheat; grain of wheat.

πῡρήν (Ancient Greek): kernel, pip, stone; hard bone of fishes; grain of...

Definitions

  1. kernel, pip, stone; hard bone of fishes; grain of...

Ancestry of “πῡρήν”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπῡρόςwheat; grain of wheat

Words derived from “πῡρήν”

  • pyrena
  • pyren
  • πυρήνας
  • pyrena
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