Etymology

peristeronic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to pigeons. Full definition →

Ancient Greek περιστερά
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπεριστερά“pigeon, dove”
  2. English todayperisteronic

From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon, dove”) + English -ic. -on- possibly inserted to differentiate from chemical peristeric.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπεριστερά all →

peristeriteperisteropodperisteropodous

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