κάστον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares ἄκαστος (ákastos, “maple”), noting that the hard wood of this tree is excellent for building; he further compares κόστον (kóston, “wooden part of a carrier”), suggesting a possible Pre-Greek origin.[1] Then again, compare Sanskrit काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood, timber”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κάστον • (káston)

  1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ξύλον (xúlon, “wood, timber”).

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάστον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 655

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