Where does “ζῳοτροφεῖον” come from?
ζῳοτροφεῖον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ζωή, from Ancient Greek ζῶ, from Ancient Greek ζώω, from Proto-Hellenic ďṓwō — to live.
Ancestry of “ζῳοτροφεῖον”, step by step
ζῳοτροφεῖον traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek ζωή
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ζωή | a living, property; life |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ζῶ | to live |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ζώω | Epic and Ionic form of ζάω |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | ďṓwō | to live |
via Ancient Greek τροφεῖον
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | τροφεῖον | small room, chamber; poultry house; cage |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τροφή | nourishment, food; nurture, rearing, upbringing;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τρέφω | to thicken, congeal, curdle; to make to grow, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | tʰrépʰō | — |
Words derived from “ζῳοτροφεῖον”