Etymology

diacranterian

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Today it means: Having the back teeth separated from the front teeth. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κραντήρες
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκραντήρες“wisdom teeth”
  2. English todaydiacranterian

From dia- + Ancient Greek κραντήρες (krantḗres, “wisdom teeth”) + -ian.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκραντήρες all →

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