Etymology

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Ancient Greek κρήνη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκρήνη“spring, fountain, well, waters”
  2. English todaycren-

From Ancient Greek κρήνη (krḗnē, “spring, fountain, well, waters”).

Words from the same roots

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