Etymology

naos

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Today it means: The inner part of an ancient Greek temple, containing a statue of the temple's deity and surrounded by a colonnaded portico; (by extension) the Roman cella, which it later gave rise to. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ναός
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naos · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromναός“inner part of the temple”
  2. English todaynaos

From Ancient Greek ναός (naós, “inner part of the temple”).

Naos · proper noun2

From Greek ναῦς (“naûs,” ship).

Words from the same roots

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