Where does “βρῶμα” come from?

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

βρῶμα (Ancient Greek): a shipworm that bores into wooden piers, ships,...

Definitions

  1. a shipworm that bores into wooden piers, ships,...

Ancestry of “βρῶμα”, step by step

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

Words derived from “βρῶμα

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃-
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