bustrófedon
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, “boustrophedon”, literally “a turning like an ox”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “turn”), because the direction of writing is like that of an ox when turning while plowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bustrófedon m (uncountable)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bustrófedon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014