English

aglyph

From a- + glyph.

Formed from a- + glyph

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- ‘to split, carve’

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Proto-Hellenic *glúpʰō

Ancient Greek γλύφω ‘I carve, engrave’

Ancient Greek γλυφή ‘carving’

French glyphe

English glyph

Today it means

noun Any aglyphous snake.

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