Where does “μυταρού” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. bignose someone with an unpleasantly large nose

Ancestry of “μυταρού”, step by step

μυταρού 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 αρού

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