Etymology

pylangium

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Ancient Greek πύλη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπύλη“gate, entrance”
  2. English todaypylangium

From Ancient Greek πύλη (púlē, “gate, entrance”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”), cf. angio-.

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