siphon
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sipho, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.
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siphon (plural siphons)
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siphon (third-person singular simple present siphons, present participle siphoning, simple past and past participle siphoned)
From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of unknown ultimate origin.
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siphon m (plural siphons)
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