The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφῦκος“seaweed”
- English todayphycophaein
From Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”) + φαεινός (phaeinós, “bright”) + -ine.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφῦκος all →
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