Etymology

karyon

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Today it means: The nucleus of a cell. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κάρυον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκάρυον“nut, kernel”
  2. English todaykaryon

From the Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut, kernel”).

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