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Where does “κλύζω” come from?

κλύζω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

κλύζω (Ancient Greek): to wash, dash over, surge up; to be washed by the...

Definitions

  1. to wash, dash over, surge up; to be washed by the...

Ancestry of “κλύζω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “κλύζω”

  • cataclysmic
  • cataclysm
  • cataclysmal
  • cataclysmically
  • klismaphilia
  • clysmic
  • cataclysmist
  • uncataclysmic
  • cataclysmus
  • cataclysmos
  • cataclismo
  • клизма
  • cataclysmique
  • clystère
  • cataclysme
  • cataclisma
  • cataclismo
  • klysma
  • κλύσμα
  • κλυστήρ
  • κατακλυσμός
  • κατακλύζω
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