Etymology

-clast

Today it means: Something that breaks or destroys. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κλαστός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλαστός“broken”
  2. English today-clast

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken”), verbal adjective of κλάω (kláō, “to break”).

Words from the same roots

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