younger or smaller variety of sylph, 1670s, from French sylphide (1670s), from sylphe (see sylph) + diminutive suffix.
syllabus
syllepsis
syllogism
syllogistic
sylph
sylphid
sylvan
Sylvanus
Sylvester
Sylvia
sym-
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