Etymology

sphendone

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Ancient Greek σφενδόνη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσφενδόνη“a sling”
  2. English todaysphendone

From Ancient Greek σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “a sling”).

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