Etymograph

English

komboskini

Komboskini comes from Greek κομποσκοίνι ‘prayer rope’.

  1. Greek1453–presentκομποσκοίνιkomposkoíni‘prayer rope’
  2. Englishtodaykomboskini

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Greek1453–presentκομποσκοίνιkomposkoíni‘prayer rope’
  2. Englishtodaykomboskini

Every English word from Greek κομποσκοίνι

Today it means

noun A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.

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Etymograph / Greek κομποσκοίνι / komboskini

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