Etymology

phytoglyphy

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Ancient Greek γλυφή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγλυφή“carving”
  2. English todayphytoglyphy

From phyto- + Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”) + -y.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγλυφή all →

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