Etymology

galactoid

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Today it means: Milk-like. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γάλα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγάλα“milk”
  2. English todaygalactoid

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”) + -oid.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγάλα all →

galiumGalalith

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