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Where does “stalagmites” come from?

stalagmites (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα — drop.

Ancestry of “stalagmites”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστάλαγμαdrop

Words derived from “stalagmites”

  • stalagmite
  • stalagmitic
  • stalagmites
  • stalagmitically
Every word from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα →