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Ichneumon.

Any wasp of the genus Ichneumon.

9 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɪkʰˈnɛu̯.moːn]Classical-Latin[ikˈnɛːu̯.mon]

Any wasp of the genus Ichneumon.
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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἴχνος (íkhnos) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἰχνεύω (ikhneúō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn)bor. Latin ichneumōnbor. Translingual Ichneumonbor. Latin Ichneumōn Borrowed from translingual Ichneumon, itself a borrowing from Latin ichneumon.

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