Where does “πυρήνας” come from?
πυρήνας (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πυρήν, from Ancient Greek πῡρός — wheat; grain of wheat.
πυρήνας (Greek): stone, pit; nucleus
Ancestry of “πυρήνας”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | πυρήν | kernel, pip, stone; hard bone of fishes; grain of... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πῡρός | wheat; grain of wheat |