Etymology

prytanis

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Today it means: An official in ancient Athens Full definition →

Latin prytanis ← Ancient Greek πρύτανις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρύτανις
  2. Latin · borrowed fromprytanis
  3. English todayprytanis

Borrowed from Latin prytanis, from Ancient Greek πρύτανις (prútanis).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπρύτανις all →

prytane

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