Etymology

desmitis

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Ancient Greek δεσμός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδεσμός“band, connection”
  2. English todaydesmitis

Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, connection”) + -itis

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδεσμός all →

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