Etymology

anachoma

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Today it means: A small tubercle or ridgelet located on the peripheral, inner surface of the right valve of a bivalve. Full definition →

English choma ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) ← Proto-Hellenic *aná
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)
  5. Englishana-
  6. Englishchoma
  7. English todayanachoma

From ana- + choma.

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