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Where does “σάρξ” come from?

σάρξ (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek στέμμα, from Ancient Greek στέφω, from Proto-Hellenic stékʷʰō, from Proto-Indo-European stegʷʰ- — to enlace.

σάρξ (Ancient Greek): The material which covers the bones of a...

Definitions

  1. The material which covers the bones of a...

Ancestry of “σάρξ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστέμμαwreath, garland, chaplet; pedigrees, family trees
2Ancient GreekστέφωI put around; I encircle, crown, wreath, garland
3Proto-Hellenicstékʷʰō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstegʷʰ-to enlace

Words derived from “σάρξ”

  • sarcasm
  • sarcophagus
  • sarcoidosis
  • orgasmic
  • sarcoplasmic
  • sarcomere
  • sarcolemma
  • sarcoid
  • sarcode
  • sarcopenia
  • sarcoplasm
  • sarcolemmal
  • sarcomeric
  • sarcoptic
  • sarcoglycan
  • subsarcolemmal
  • neurosarcoidosis
  • sarcous
  • sarcocele
  • multiorgasmic
  • orgasmically
  • sarcoidal
  • preorgasmic
  • nonorgasmic
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