Etymology

kourotrophos

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Today it means: Any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος
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kourotrophos · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκουροτρόφος
  2. English todaykourotrophos

Presumably from Kourotrophos, itself from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos). Assigned by Elizabeth B. French, c. 1970

Kourotrophos · proper noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromκουροτρόφος“rearing boys” or “bringing up boys”
  2. English todayKourotrophos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos, “rearing boys” or “bringing up boys”).

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