The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαλύνω“I sprinkle, scatter”
- English todaypalyno-
From Ancient Greek παλύνω (palúnō, “I sprinkle, scatter”) (from πάλη (pálē, “fine meal, dust”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπαλύνω all →
actuopalynologypalynivore
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.