Etymology

chao-

Today it means: Chaos. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χάος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromχάος“chasm, void, empty space”
  2. English todaychao-

Combining form from chaos. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”).

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