Etymology

palindromia

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Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαλίνδρομος“running back again”
  2. English todaypalindromia

From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπαλίνδρομος all →

palindrome

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