Etymology

sory

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Today it means: iron(II) sulfate, or some earth impregnated with it Full definition →

Latin sory ← Ancient Greek σῶρυ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσῶρυ“a kind of ore”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromsory
  3. English todaysory

Borrowed from Latin sory, from Ancient Greek σῶρυ (sôru, “a kind of ore”).

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