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Where does “ὀρυκτός” come from?

ὀρυκτός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ὀρύσσω, from Proto-Hellenic *orúťťō.

ὀρυκτός (Ancient Greek): dug up

Definitions

  1. dug up

Ancestry of “ὀρυκτός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὀρύσσωto dig
2Proto-Hellenic*orúťťō—

Words derived from “ὀρυκτός”

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