Etymology

euripus

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Today it means: A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia. Full definition →

Latin eurīpus ← Ancient Greek εὔριπος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromεὔριπος
  2. Latin · borrowed fromeurīpus
  3. English todayeuripus

From Latin eurīpus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).

Words from the same roots

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