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Where does “βάθος” come from?

βάθος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek βαθύς, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂dʰ- — to sink, submerge; to tread, wade.

βάθος (Ancient Greek): extension in space: depth, height, breadth,...

Definitions

  1. extension in space: depth, height, breadth,...

Ancestry of “βάθος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβαθύςbeing a large vertical distance from: high, deep;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₂dʰ-to sink, submerge; to tread, wade

Words derived from “βάθος”

  • benthic
  • bathos
  • benthos
  • bathetic
  • zoobenthos
  • epibenthic
  • macrobenthic
  • macrozoobenthos
  • macrobenthos
  • phytobenthos
  • microphytobenthos
  • bathetically
  • zoobenthic
  • macrozoobenthic
  • phytobenthic
  • endobenthic
  • meiobenthic
  • meiobenthos
  • hyperbenthic
  • microbenthic
  • microbenthos
  • microphytobenthic
  • hyperbenthos
  • epibenthos
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