Etymology

phyllon

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Today it means: A leaf, or something (flat) resembling a leaf. Full definition →

Latin phyllon ← Ancient Greek φύλλον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφύλλον“leaf”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromphyllon
  3. English todayphyllon

Borrowed from Latin phyllon, from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”). Doublet of phyllo, distantly also with foil, folio, and folium.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφύλλον all →

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