Etymology

xylon

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Today it means: A unit of length in Ancient Greece. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ξύλον
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromξύλον
  2. English todayxylon

From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekξύλον all →

xylemmoroxylic acidxylotomous

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