Etymology

theront

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Today it means: The stage where a tomite elongates (swims away) after being released from the cyst. Full definition →

Ancient Greek θήρ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθήρ“beast, fantastic animal”
  2. English todaytheront

From Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, fantastic animal”) + -ont.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekθήρ all →

theriatricstheroid

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