ouroboros.
A serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death.
Meaning & usage
A serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death.
Anything of a circular or recursive nature.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá) Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷi-gʷr̥h₃-sḱé-ti Proto-Hellenic *gʷigʷrṓskō Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō)der. Ancient Greek -βόρος (-bóros) Ancient Greek οὐροβόρος (ourobóros)bor. English ouroboros From Ancient Greek οὐροβόρος (ourobóros, “tail-devouring”, a compound of οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -βόρος (-bóros, “-devouring”, which is derived from the verb βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat up”))).
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