Etymology

craspedon

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Today it means: A border or fringe. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κράσπεδον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκράσπεδον“border, skirt”
  2. English todaycraspedon

From Ancient Greek κράσπεδον (kráspedon, “border, skirt”).

Words from the same roots

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