Etymology

Styx

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Today it means: The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Στύξ
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromΣτύξ
  2. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromΣτύξ
  3. English todayStyx

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΣτύξ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.