Etymology

gymnodomous

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Today it means: Lacking an envelope; open to the surrounding environment. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δόμος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδόμος“house”
  2. English todaygymnodomous

From gymno- + Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδόμος all →

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