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Where does “θύος” come from?

θύος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

θύος (Ancient Greek): burnt sacrifice, offering; kind of cake

Definitions

  1. burnt sacrifice, offering; kind of cake

Ancestry of “θύος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “θύος”

  • thurible
  • thuris
  • tura
  • tus
  • turi
  • thus
  • turibulum
  • thuribulum
  • turrible
  • thoryble
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