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Where does “sarcous” come from?

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

sarcous (English): fleshy; applied to the minute structural elements...

Definitions

  1. fleshy; applied to the minute structural elements...

Ancestry of “sarcous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsarco-flesh
2Ancient GreekσάρξThe material which covers the bones of a...
3Ancient Greekστέμμαwreath, garland, chaplet; pedigrees, family trees
4Ancient GreekστέφωI put around; I encircle, crown, wreath, garland
5Proto-Hellenicstékʷʰō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstegʷʰ-to enlace
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