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Where does “φῦκος” come from?

φῦκος (Ancient Greek) comes from Hebrew פוך — eye-rouge.

φῦκος (Ancient Greek): seaweed

Definitions

  1. seaweed

Ancestry of “φῦκος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewפוךeye-rouge

Words derived from “φῦκος”

  • phycoerythrin
  • fucus
  • fucoxanthin
  • fucoid
  • phycocyanobilin
  • phycoplast
  • phycology
  • phycotoxin
  • phycobiont
  • phycochrome
  • phycoerythrobilin
  • phycologist
  • phycological
  • phaeophycean
  • cyanophycean
  • fucoidal
  • phycoxanthin
  • fucivorous
  • fucusol
  • phycite
  • phyco-
  • isofucoxanthin
  • ulvophycean
  • fucate
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