Etymology

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Ancient Greek κύων
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύων“dog”
  2. English todaycyn-

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.