Etymology

kos

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Today it means: An island of the Dodecanese, Greece. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Κῶς ← Greek Κως
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The story

  1. Greek · borrowed fromΚως
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΚῶς
  3. English todayKos

From Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs) and modern Greek Κως (Kos).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΚῶς all →

cos

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.