διασταυρώνω
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Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διασταυρῶ (diastaurô), διασταυρόω (diastauróō, “to fortify with a fence”) + -ώνω (-óno); by surface analysis, δια- (dia-) + σταυρώνω (stavróno). The modern senses are derived via semantic loan from French croiser.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]διασταυρώνω • (diastavróno)
- to cross, place crosswise
- to check, verify, compare
- (biology) to cross, hybridize, join one species to another
Declension
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References
[edit]- ^ διασταυρώνω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language