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Where does “χρυσός” come from?

χρυσός (Byzantine Greek) comes from Ancient Greek χρυσοῦς, from Ancient Greek χρύσεος, from Ancient Greek χρῡσός — gold.

χρυσός (Byzantine Greek): gold; something dear or precious; a gold coin

Definitions

  1. gold; something dear or precious; a gold coin

Ancestry of “χρυσός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekχρυσοῦςAttic form of χρῡ́σεος
2Ancient Greekχρύσεοςgolden, made of gold, decked or inlaid with gold;...
3Ancient Greekχρῡσόςgold
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