tetracosa-

prefix

twenty-four

Meanings

prefix

alternative tetracos-

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekεἴκοσι“twenty”
  2. Englishtetracosa-

From tetra- + -cosa-, from the prefix form of Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”).

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