Etymology

sphingine

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Today it means: Sphinx-like. Full definition →

Latin sphinx
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsphinx
  2. English todaysphingine

From (the stem of) Latin sphinx + -ine.

Words from the same roots

Latinsphinx all →

sphinxsphingian

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