Etymology

lyssa

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Ancient Greek λύσσα
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lyssa · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromλύσσα
  2. English todaylyssa

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύσσα (lússa).

Lyssa · proper noun2

Shortened form of Alyssa.

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