μαστιχάω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Related to μασάομαι (masáomai), of unknown origin. Traditionally, cognate with Latin mandō (I chew), from Proto-Indo-European *mendʰ- (to chew), but the correspondence is irregular and the suffix is reminiscent of Pre-Greek.[1]

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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μᾰστῐχᾰ́ω (mastikháō)

  1. to grind the teeth

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Latin: masticō (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μασάομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 909