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Where does “δρόμος” come from?

δρόμος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

δρόμος (Ancient Greek): race, running; racetrack; course, path

Definitions

  1. race, running; racetrack; course, path

Ancestry of “δρόμος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ός—
2Proto-Hellenic*-os—
3Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “δρόμος”

  • syndrome
  • dromedary
  • palindrome
  • syndromic
  • hippodrome
  • anadromous
  • palindromic
  • nonsyndromic
  • drome
  • subsyndromal
  • dromos
  • syndromal
  • velodrome
  • diadromous
  • cosmodrome
  • dromotropic
  • amphidromous
  • hemisyndrome
  • autodrome
  • orthodrome
  • homodromous
  • motordrome
  • heterodromous
  • dromomania
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