Etymology Explorer › Albanian

Where does “drom” come from?

drom (Albanian) comes from Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

drom (Albanian): highway

Definitions

  1. highway

Ancestry of “drom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekδρόμοςroadway, road, street, way; journey
2Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →