Etymology

glene

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Today it means: The pupil or eyeball. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γλήνη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromγλήνη“eyeball, socket”
  2. English todayglene

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball, socket”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγλήνη all →

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