Etymology

kalon

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Today it means: Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers. Full definition →

Ancient Greek καλόν
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκαλόν
  2. English todaykalon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καλόν (kalón); related to κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”).

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