Etymology

tetracosa-

Today it means: twenty-four Full definition →

Ancient Greek εἴκοσι
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromεἴκοσι“twenty”
  2. English todaytetracosa-

From tetra- + -cosa-, from the prefix form of Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekεἴκοσι all →

-cosa-docos-docosa-eicosanoic acidicosa-icositetrachorontetracos-

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