Etymology

rho

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Today it means: The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥῶ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥῶ
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥῶ
  3. English todayrho

From the name of the Ancient Greek letter ῥῶ (rhô).

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