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Where does “κάλλυντρον” come from?

κάλλυντρον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

κάλλυντρον (Ancient Greek): broom, brush, besom; unknown kind of shrub

Definitions

  1. broom, brush, besom; unknown kind of shrub

Ancestry of “κάλλυντρον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
2Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
4Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “κάλλυντρον”

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