Given name

-cles

-cles is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

-cles comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ancient Greek -κλῆς.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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