Etymology

stegnosis

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Ancient Greek στέγνωσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστέγνωσις
  2. English todaystegnosis

From Ancient Greek στέγνωσις (stégnōsis), from στεγνός (stegnós, “watertight”).

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