Etymology

pholidosis

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Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφολῐ́ς“horny scale”
  2. English todaypholidosis

From Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς (pholĭ́s, “horny scale”) + -osis.

Words from the same roots

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