Etymology

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Today it means: A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by Mindererus, used for external injuries. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὀπός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὀπός“vegetable juice”
  2. English todayopodeldoc

So called by Paracelsus. The first syllable may be from Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “vegetable juice”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὀπός all →

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