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cyma.

spring shoots of cabbage/similar; hollow sphere (L+S); spherical layer, stratum;

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkyː.ma]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃiː.ma][ˈkyː.maː]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃiː.ma]

  1. young sprout or spring shoot of cabbage

    declension-1 · declension-3

  2. hollow sphere

    declension-1 · declension-3

  3. spherical layer, stratum

    declension-1 · declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁éyeti Ancient Greek κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă)bor. Latin cȳma From Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow; fetus, embryo”), from κύω (kúō, “to be pregnant, I conceive”). The Greek nominative plural is κῡ́ματα (kū́mata); *κυμαί (*kumaí), the first-declension nominative plural form which would give precedent to the Latin cȳmae, does not occur.

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