Etymology

acrodrome

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Today it means: That run parallel to the edges of the leaf and meet at the tip Full definition →

Ancient Greek δρόμος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδρόμος“course”
  2. English todayacrodrome

acro- + Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “course”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδρόμος all →

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