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

Definitions

  1. stone, pit; nucleus

Ancestry of “πυρήνας”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπυρήνkernel, pip, stone; hard bone of fishes; grain of...
2Ancient Greekπῡρόςwheat; grain of wheat

Words derived from “πυρήνας”

Every word from Ancient Greek πῡρός →Every word from Ancient Greek πυρήν →