hyle

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὕλη“wood, matter”
2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromhyle
3. English todayhyle

From Medieval Latin hyle, from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, matter”), particularly in Aristotle as πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “protomatter, fundamental undifferentiated matter”).

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