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- Ancient Greek · calque ofσαρκοκόλλα
- English todayflesh glue
A calque of Ancient Greek σαρκοκόλλα (sarkokólla), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue, adhesive”) from its traditional use sealing wounds. Compare meat glue and German Fleischleim.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσαρκοκόλλα all →
sarcocolla
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.