Etymology

callipygous

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Ancient Greek κάλλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκάλλος“beauty”
  2. English todaycallipygous

From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκάλλος all →

calistheniccalli-Gelibolu

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