Etymology

labyrinthine

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Today it means: Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλᾰβύρῐνθος“a maze”
  2. English todaylabyrinthine

From labyrinth + -ine from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”).

Words from the same roots

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