μαστιχάω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to μασάομαι (masáomai), of unknown origin. Traditionally, cognate with Latin mandō (I chew), from Proto-Indo-European *mendʰ- (to chew), but the correspondence is irregular and the suffix is reminiscent of Pre-Greek.[1]

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Pronunciation

 

Verb

μᾰστῐχᾰ́ω • (mastikháō)

  1. to grind the teeth

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: masticō (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μασάομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 909
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