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Where does “βάραθρον” come from?

βάραθρον (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

βάραθρον (Ancient Greek): gulf, cleft, pit; ruin, perdition; glutton,...

Definitions

  1. gulf, cleft, pit; ruin, perdition; glutton,...

Ancestry of “βάραθρον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

Words derived from “βάραθρον”

  • barathrum
  • barathrum
  • baratro
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