artos

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noun

a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.

OriginAncient Greek ᾰ̓́ρτος (ắrtos) ← Proto-Hellenic *ártos →
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Meanings

nounartos (plural artoi)

plural artoi

  1. Eastern Orthodoxya loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*ártos
  2. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́ρτος (ắrtos)
  3. Englishartos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “leavened loaf”), probably from Mycenaean Greek *𐀀𐀵 (*a-to), from the compound word 𐀀𐀵𐀡𐀦 (a-to-po-qo, “bakers”). Compare Greek αρτοποιός (artopoiós, “baker”).

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Chicago

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