Etymology

brachysm

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Today it means: Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βραχύς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβραχύς“short”
  2. English todaybrachysm

From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”); compare brachy-.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβραχύς all →

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