Etymology

-kai-

Today it means: And, used in forming words using Greek numeral prefixes. Full definition →

Ancient Greek καί
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromκαί“and”
  2. English today-kai-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καί (kaí, “and”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.