Etymology

stichos

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Today it means: A line of ordinary length in a manuscript. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στίχος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromστίχος“line, row”
  2. English todaystichos

From Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “line, row”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekστίχος all →

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