Etymology

pyla

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Today it means: The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain. Full definition →

New Latin pyla ← Ancient Greek πύλη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπύλη“gate, entrance”
  2. New Latin · borrowed frompyla
  3. English todaypyla

From New Latin pyla, from Ancient Greek πύλη (púlē, “gate, entrance”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπύλη all →

pylangium

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.