Where does “μυταράς” come from?

μυταράς (Greek) comes from Greek μύτη, from Byzantine Greek μύτη, from Ancient Greek μύτις — that part of molluscs that answers to the liver;...

μυταράς (Greek): bignose someone with an unpleasantly large nose

Definitions

  1. bignose someone with an unpleasantly large nose

Ancestry of “μυταράς”, step by step

μυταράς traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek μύτη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekμύτηnose; point, pencil lead; toe
2Byzantine Greekμύτη—
3Ancient Greekμύτιςthat part of molluscs that answers to the liver;...

via Greek αράς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekαράς—
Every word from Ancient Greek μύτις →Every word from Byzantine Greek μύτη →Every word from Greek μύτη →