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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερι-
- English todaypericynthion
From peri- + Cynthia (“Artemis, the Moon”) + -ion, from Ancient Greek περι- (peri-) + Κυνθία (Kunthía, “Artemis”). Compare perihelion, periastron.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπερι- all →
perihelionperiegesisperiegeteperikyma
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.