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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπαρίσθμιον
- English todayparisthmion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρίσθμιον (parísthmion), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ἰσθμός (isthmós, “neck, throat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
paristhmion
Today it means: tonsil Full definition →
Ancient Greek παρίσθμιον