Cypro-Minoan

adjective

Being or relating to an undeciphered syllabary used on the island of Cyprus during the late Bronze Age.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveCypro-Minoan (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBeing or relating to an undeciphered syllabary used on the island of Cyprus during the late Bronze Age.

Origin

From Cypro- + Minoan. Coined by Arthur Evans in 1909 based on the visual similarity to Linear A on Minoan Crete, from which the syllabary is thought to be derived.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Cypro-Minoan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cypro-Minoan

MLA

“Cypro-Minoan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cypro-Minoan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cypro-Minoan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cypro-Minoan.

Source: Cypro-Minoan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.