Etymology

omphalos

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Today it means: An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὀμφαλός“navel”
  2. English todayomphalos

From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”). Doublet of navel.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὀμφαλός all →

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