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Where does “βλάττη” come from?

βλάττη (Greek) comes from Latin blatta — any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach,...

βλάττη (Greek): cockroach

Definitions

  1. cockroach

Ancestry of “βλάττη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinblattaany insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach,...
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