Etymology

cissus

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Today it means: Any of the genus Cissus of woody vines. Full definition →

translingual Cissus ← Latin cissus ← Ancient Greek κισσός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκισσός
  2. Latin · derived fromcissus
  3. translingual · borrowed fromCissus
  4. English todaycissus

Borrowed from translingual Cissus, from Latin cissus and Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκισσός all →

cissoid

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.