Ancient Greek
τυρός
‘cheese’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek τυρός.
7 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek τυρός, most familiar first.
- butter ← buter ← butere ← *buterā ← būtȳrum
- kefalotyri ← κεφαλοτύρι ← τυρί ← τυρίν ← τυρίον
- turophile
- tyroma
- tyrosis
- tyremesis
- tyromancy
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Etymograph / Ancient Greek τυρός