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Where does “alabastyr” come from?

alabastyr (Old Polish) comes from Latin alabaster, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστος — globular vase without handles for holding...

Ancestry of “alabastyr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalabastera box, tapering to a point at the top, for...
2Ancient Greekἀλάβαστροςalabaster
3Ancient Greekἀλάβαστοςglobular vase without handles for holding...
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