The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφαίνω“I shine”
- English todayphenogam
From Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine”) + γαμέω (gaméō, “to marry”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφαίνω all →
phenotypetryptophanphenolphenylautophanoushomophenemyophan-phanyphenepheno-pyrophane
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