Etymology

omphalomesaraic

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Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀραιός“narrow, slender, thin, fine”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέσος“middle, intermediate”
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromὀμφαλός“navel, umbilicus”
  4. English todayomphalomesaraic

From omphalo- (“navel, umbilicus”) + mesaraic (“middle-vessel”), from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel, umbilicus”) + Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle, intermediate”) + Ancient Greek ἀραιός (araiós, “narrow, slender, thin, fine”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὀμφαλός all →

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Ancient Greekμέσος all →

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Ancient Greekἀραιός all →

mesaraic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.