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Where does “Πυθώ” come from?

Πυθώ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰewb-ṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewb- — deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom.

Πυθώ (Ancient Greek): Python

Definitions

  1. Python

Ancestry of “Πυθώ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewb-ṓ—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewb-deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom

Words derived from “Πυθώ”

  • Pythia
  • Pythoness
  • pythiad
  • Pythia
  • pythonissa
  • pitonisa
  • Pizia
  • Πυθίας
  • Πυθία
  • pythonissa
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