Etymology

piezoglypt

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Ancient Greek πιέζειν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπιέζειν“to press, squeeze”
  2. English todaypiezoglypt

From Ancient Greek πιέζειν (piézein, “to press, squeeze”), and γλυπτόν (gluptón, “a carving, sculpture”).

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