Etymology

pteron

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Today it means: A peristyle raised on a podium, differing from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πτερόν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“feather, wing”
  2. English todaypteron

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπτερόν all →

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