Etymology

decacanth

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Ancient Greek ἄκανθα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκανθα“a spine”
  2. English todaydecacanth

From deca- + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “a spine”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄκανθα all →

acanthaacanthionacanthiteacanthocyteacanthophorousacanthoptericystacanthheteracanthhexacanthhomacanth

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