Etymology

myel-

Ancient Greek μυελός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμυελός“marrow”
  2. English todaymyel-

From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.