Etymology

staurotheke

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Today it means: A reliquary containing fragments of the True Cross. Full definition →

Ancient Greek θήκη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθήκη“case, box”
  2. English todaystaurotheke

From stauro- + Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, box”).

Words from the same roots

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