Etymology

barytes

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Ancient Greek βαρύτης
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβαρύτης“heaviness”
  2. English todaybarytes

From Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barútēs, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).

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