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artos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
ar-tos
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Hellenic *ártos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρτος (ắrtos)bor. English artos Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “leavened loaf”), probably from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀵 (a-to), from the compound word 𐀀𐀵𐀡𐀦 (a-to-po-qo, “bakers”). Compare Greek αρτοποιός (artopoiós, “baker”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἄρτος, 𐀀𐀵

Inflected Forms

artoi (plural)

Questions

What does artos mean?
a loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches.
Where does artos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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