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Where does “βαθύς” come from?

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

βαθύς (Ancient Greek): being a large vertical distance from: high, deep;...

Definitions

  1. being a large vertical distance from: high, deep;...

Ancestry of “βαθύς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₂dʰ-to sink, submerge; to tread, wade

Words derived from “βαθύς”

  • benthic
  • bathos
  • bathymetry
  • benthos
  • bathymetric
  • batholith
  • Batumi
  • bathetic
  • zoobenthos
  • epibenthic
  • macrobenthic
  • bathysphere
  • bathypelagic
  • macrozoobenthos
  • macrobenthos
  • phytobenthos
  • batholithic
  • bathyscaphe
  • bathochromic
  • microphytobenthos
  • bathetically
  • zoobenthic
  • bathorhodopsin
  • bathythermograph
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