Etymology

thyrse

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Today it means: A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes. Full definition →

Middle French thyrse ← Latin thyrsus ← Ancient Greek θύρσος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθύρσος
  2. Latin · derived fromthyrsus
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromthyrse
  4. English todaythyrse

From Middle French thyrse, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrsus, torse, and torso.

Words from the same roots

Latinthyrsus all →

torsothyrsustorse

Ancient Greekθύρσος all →

torsothyrsus

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