Etymology

creo-

Today it means: Meat, flesh. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κρέας
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκρέας“flesh”
  2. English todaycreo-

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh”) + -o-.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκρέας all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.