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Where does “πριονίδι” come from?

πριονίδι (Greek) comes from Greek πριόνι, from Ancient Greek πρίων, from Ancient Greek πρίω — to saw; to grind or gnash; to seize as with the...

πριονίδι (Greek): sawdust

Definitions

  1. sawdust

Ancestry of “πριονίδι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekπριόνιsaw
2Ancient Greekπρίωνsaw; trephine, trepan; ridge of hills
3Ancient Greekπρίωto saw; to grind or gnash; to seize as with the...
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