Etymology

pinax

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Latin pinax ← Ancient Greek πίναξ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπίναξ“tablet”
  2. Latin · borrowed frompinax
  3. English todaypinax

From Latin pinax, from Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπίναξ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.