Myth & LegendGreek → English
Labyrinth
A complex, confusing network of paths.
The Greek roots
λαβύρινθος
labýrinthos
maze of the Minotaur
Literally: “the maze of Crete”
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The story of the word
The labyrinth built to hold the Minotaur became the word for any bewildering maze — real or figurative.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The old town was a labyrinth of narrow lanes.