φυτόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From φύω (phúō, I generate, cause to grow).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    φῠτόν • (phŭtónn (genitive φῠτοῦ); second declension

    1. plant, tree
    2. creature
    3. child, descendant

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: φυτό n (fytó)
    • Catalan: -fit
    • English: phyto-, -phyte
    • Irish: -fít
    • Polish: -fit
    • Ottoman Turkish: فدان (fidan)
      • Turkish: fidan, Fidan
      • Armenian: ֆիդան (fidan), ֆիտան (fitan), Ֆիդան (Fidan), Ֆիդանյան (Fidanyan)
      • Azerbaijani: fidan, Fidan
      • Greek: φιντάνι n (fintáni) (reborrowing)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φύομαι (> DER > 6. φῠτόν)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1597-8

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