Etymology

distachyous

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Today it means: Having two ears or spikes. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στάχυς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστάχυς“ear of wheat”
  2. English todaydistachyous

From di- + Ancient Greek στάχυς (stákhus, “ear of wheat”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekστάχυς all →

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