Etymology

cyperus

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Today it means: Any sedge of genus Cyperus. Full definition →

translingual Cyperus ← Latin cypērus ← Ancient Greek κύπειρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύπειρος
  2. Latin · derived fromcypērus
  3. translingual · borrowed fromCyperus
  4. English todaycyperus

Borrowed from translingual Cyperus. Further from Latin cypērus and Ancient Greek κύπειρος (kúpeiros).

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