Etymology

-phyllous

Today it means: Having a specified number or kind of leaves. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φύλλον ← Latin -ōsus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed from-ōsus
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromφύλλον“leaf”
  3. English today-phyllous

From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) and Latin Latin -ōsus.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφύλλον all →

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