Etymology

dineric

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Today it means: Of a liquid: eddying or whirling. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δίνη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδίνη“an an eddy, whirlpool”
  2. English todaydineric

From Ancient Greek δίνη (dínē, “an an eddy, whirlpool”) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδίνη all →

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