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Where does “halcyōn” come from?

halcyōn (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών — kingfisher, halcyon.

Ancestry of “halcyōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀλκυώνkingfisher, halcyon
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