Etymology

-cephalous

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Ancient Greek κεφαλή
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκεφαλή
  2. English today-cephalous

From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκεφαλή all →

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