Etymology

xiphisternum

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Today it means: Synonym of xiphoid process. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ξίφος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromξίφος“sword”
  2. English todayxiphisternum

Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + English -i- (in place of the etymologically consistent -o-) + English sternum

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