Etymology

cytula

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Today it means: The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κύτος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύτος“hollow vessel”
  2. English todaycytula

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκύτος all →

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