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porphyrogennetos

porphyrogennetos is the alternative form of porphyrogenite.

Meaning of porphyrogenite

Noun

porphyrogenite (plural porphyrogenites)

  1. (historical) An honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably borne by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.

Origin of porphyrogennetos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πορφυρογέννητος (porphurogénnētos).

Questions about porphyrogennetos

What is porphyrogennetos the alternative form of?
Porphyrogennetos is the alternative form of porphyrogenite.

Words near porphyrogennetos in the dictionary

  1. porphyrogenitism
  2. porphyrogenitoi
  3. porphyrogenitos
  4. porphyrogeniture
  5. porphyrogenitus
  6. porphyrogennetos
  7. porphyroid
  8. porphyroids
  9. porphyromonad
  10. porphyromonads
  11. porphyrophobia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: porphyrogennetos (page history and authors); porphyrogenite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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