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Where does “ξιφολόγχη” come from?

ξιφολόγχη (Greek) comes from Greek ξίφος, from Ancient Greek ξίφος, from Egyptian zft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ξιφολόγχη (Greek): bayonet

Definitions

  1. bayonet

Ancestry of “ξιφολόγχη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekξίφοςsword
2Ancient Greekξίφοςsword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of...
3Egyptianzftsword; knife
4Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
5Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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