Etymology

myophan

M3Y4O1P3H4A1N1

Today it means: myoneme Full definition →

Ancient Greek φαίνω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφαίνω“to show”
  2. English todaymyophan

From myo- + the root of Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”) (for unclear reasons).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφαίνω all →

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