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Where does “thyrse” come from?

thyrse (French) comes from Middle French thyrse, from Latin Thyrsus, from Ancient Greek Θύρσος.

thyrse (French): thyrsus; thyrse

Definitions

  1. thyrsus; thyrse

Ancestry of “thyrse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchthyrse—
2LatinThyrsus—
3Ancient GreekΘύρσος—
Every word from Ancient Greek Θύρσος →