Etymology

petrosomatoglyph

Today it means: An impression of part of a human or animal body incised in rock Full definition →

English glyph ← Ancient Greek σῶμᾰ (sômă) ← Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə?
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  1. Latinpetra
  2. Englishpetro-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*twoH-mn̥
  5. Proto-Hellenic*twṓmə?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*styeH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tyoH-mn̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*styṓmə?
  9. Ancient Greekσῶμᾰ (sômă)
  10. Englishsomato-
  11. Englishglyph
  12. English todaypetrosomatoglyph

From petro- + somato- + glyph.

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