Etymograph

English

pycnostyle

Pycnostyle comes from Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος ‘close-pillared’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπυκνόστυλοςpuknóstulos‘close-pillared’
  2. Englishtodaypycnostyle

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπυκνόστυλοςpuknóstulos‘close-pillared’
  2. Englishtodaypycnostyle

Equivalent to pycno- + -style

Ancient Greek πυκνός ‘dense, compact, thick’

English pycno-

Every English word from Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος

Today it means

adj Having an intercolumniation of 1.5 times the diameter of the shaft of a column.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος / pycnostyle

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