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ichneumon

Meaningtrack

Common meaning: Egyptian mongoose or a type of parasitic wasp

Journey through time

  1. Greekἔχνος‘track’source
  2. Latinichneumonsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftstrack → Egyptian mongoose or a type of parasitic waspichneumon‘Egyptian mongoose or a type of parasitic wasp’ · 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 ἔχνος ‘track’.

Roots

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