Etymology

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Today it means: Any proper name by which a field or other unit of agricultural land is known. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γρός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromᾰ̓γρός“field, tilled land, farm”
  2. English todayagronym

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γρός (ăgrós, “field, tilled land, farm”) + English -onym (“name”)

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