clyster
Meaninga washing out
Common meaning: an enema
- clysto wash outLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 817 · scan
- terGreek -teros: comparative ending
Journey through time
- Greekκλύζω‘to wash out’
- Latinclyster
- Englishclyster‘an enema’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek κλύζω ‘to wash out’.
Roots
- κλύζω Greek “to wash out”
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