Etymology

-topia

Today it means: Place; position; location; geographic region. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τόπος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτόπος“place”
  2. English today-topia

Back-formation from utopia and other words ultimately deriving from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτόπος all →

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