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Where does “κουταμάρα” come from?

κουταμάρα (Greek) comes from Greek κουτός, from Greek κοττόμυαλος, from Ancient Greek κόττος — rooster, cock; chicken; cube.

κουταμάρα (Greek): stupidity, idiocy; nonsense, stupidity, idiocy,...

Definitions

  1. stupidity, idiocy; nonsense, stupidity, idiocy,...

Ancestry of “κουταμάρα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekκουτόςstupid, dumb, idiotic, silly
2Greekκοττόμυαλοςchicken-brained
3Ancient Greekκόττοςrooster, cock; chicken; cube
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