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Where does “monosyllabicus” come from?

monosyllabicus (Latin) comes from Latin monosyllabus, from Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος.

Ancestry of “monosyllabicus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmonosyllabus—
2Ancient Greekμονοσύλλαβος—

Words derived from “monosyllabicus”

  • monosyllabic
  • monosyllabically
  • nonmonosyllabic
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