chela
Meaninga claw
Common meaning: a claw
- chela clawLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1725 · scan
- aLatin plural ending: things to be
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 χηλή ‘a claw’.
Roots
- χηλή Greek “a claw”
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app