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Where does “xiphopagus” come from?

xiphopagus (English) comes from English xipho-, from Ancient Greek ξίφος, from Egyptian zft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

xiphopagus (English): United at the :xiphoid process; Either of a pair...

Definitions

  1. United at the :xiphoid process; Either of a pair...

Ancestry of “xiphopagus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishxipho-sword; sword-shaped; Relating to the xiphoid...
2Ancient Greekξίφοςsword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of...
3Egyptianzftsword; knife
4Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
5Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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