The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκῦμα“wave; fetus”
- English todaykymo-
From Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “wave; fetus”). The shortened combining form κυμο-, instead of κυματο- is already found in some classical compounds.
Words from the same roots
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