Etymology

nepheligenous

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Ancient Greek νεφέλη
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνεφέλη“cloud”
  2. English todaynepheligenous

From Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + -genous. Coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1862.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνεφέλη all →

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