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Where does “καστανοκίτρινος” come from?

καστανοκίτρινος (Greek) comes from Greek κίτρινος, from Koine Greek κίτρινος, from Latin cī̆trus, from Greek κέδρος, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

καστανοκίτρινος (Greek): yellow-brown, fawn

Definitions

  1. yellow-brown, fawn

Ancestry of “καστανοκίτρινος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekκίτρινοςyellow; pale, pallid
2Koine Greekκίτρινοςof the citron tree; of a citron yellow
3Latincī̆trus—
4Greekκέδροςcedar
5Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil
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