Etymology

metania

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Ancient Greek μετάνοια
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμετάνοια
  2. English todaymetania

From Ancient Greek μετάνοια (metánoia). Doublet of metanoia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμετάνοια all →

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