პიგმეი • (pigmei)=pygmy=πυγμαίος/οι

პიგმეი • (pigmei)=pygmy=πυγμαίος/οι

WIKTIONARY: Etymology

(Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs

Homer and Herodote mentioned Pygmies in India (which would fit the Andamanese Negritoes) or Ethiopia (then meaning all Subsaharan Africa)

From Ancient Greek Πυγμαῖος (Pugmaios, “a member of a race of dwarves”)




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