Where does “αἱμόρροος” come from?
αἱμόρροος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
αἱμόρροος (Ancient Greek): flowing with blood
Ancestry of “αἱμόρροος”, step by step
αἱμόρροος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek αἷμα
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | αἷμα | blood |
| 2 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
via Ancient Greek ῥέω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ῥέω | I flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
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