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Where does “ζυγός” come from?

ζυγός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

ζυγός (Ancient Greek): even; yoke, pair

Definitions

  1. even; yoke, pair

Ancestry of “ζυγός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

Words derived from “ζυγός”

  • zygote
  • monozygotic
  • heterozygote
  • dizygotic
  • homozygote
  • zygotic
  • syzygy
  • postzygotic
  • prezygotic
  • homozygotic
  • heterozygotic
  • zygopteran
  • merozygote
  • transheterozygote
  • zygotically
  • planozygote
  • hemizygote
  • polyzygotic
  • syzygial
  • zygotoblast
  • planozygotic
  • syzygic
  • zygonic
  • zygotal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →