Etymology

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Latin cȳmat(is) ← Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκῡ́μᾰτος“wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”
  2. Latin · derived fromcȳmat(is)“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”
  3. English todaycymatoid

From Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -oid, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).

Words from the same roots

Latincȳma all →

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Ancient Greekκῦμα all →

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