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- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλαστός“broken in pieces”
- English todayclastic
From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”), from κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
clastic
Today it means: Made up of parts that are easily removable. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κλαστός