Etymology

ankyroid

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Today it means: Hook-shaped; uncinate. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄγκυρα“anchor, hook”
  2. English todayankyroid

From Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”) + -oid. Cognate with French ancyroïde.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄγκυρα all →

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