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thyrsos
Greek · ancient
"a stalk, staff"
a ceremonial staff, also used to mean a plant stalk
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thyrsus
Latin · ancient
"a stalk"
adopted through Greek influence on Roman art and ritual
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torso
Italian · medieval
"a stump; a statue's trunk"
came to mean a plant stump, then a statue's trunk without limbs or head
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torso
English · 1700s
"the trunk of the human body"
adopted directly from Italian
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