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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἰσόδομον
- English todayisodomon
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰσόδομον (isódomon), from ἴσο- (íso-) + a noun derived from δέμω (démō, “to build”).
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isodomon
Today it means: A form of masonry in which the vertical joint of each course is in the middle of the block beneath. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἰσόδομον