Etymology

cothurnus

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Today it means: A buskin used in ancient tragedy. Full definition →

Latin cothurnus ← Ancient Greek κόθορνος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόθορνος
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromcothurnus
  3. English todaycothurnus

Learned borrowing from Latin cothurnus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos).

Words from the same roots

Latincothurnus all →

Ancient Greekκόθορνος all →

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