Etymology

teuthology

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Ancient Greek τευθίς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτευθίς“squid”
  2. English todayteuthology

From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís, “squid”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy”).

Words from the same roots

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