Etymology

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Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός“moving upward”
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).

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