Etymology

acrolith

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Today it means: An ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀκρόλιθος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀκρόλιθος
  2. English todayacrolith

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκρόλιθος (akrólithos). By surface analysis, acro- + -lith.

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