The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμάσταξ“mouth, jaws”
- English todaymastax
From Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “mouth, jaws”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμάσταξ all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mastax
Today it means: The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food. Full definition →
Ancient Greek μάσταξ