The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκύκλος“circle”
- English todayKu Klux Klan
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) and clan, split syllabically into three words, with the first letter of clan changing to a 'k' in order to match the initial letters of the previous two words.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκύκλος all →
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