Where does “μονοπώλιον” come from?
μονοπώλιον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.
μονοπώλιον (Ancient Greek): right of monopoly; an entity possessing a...
Definitions
- right of monopoly; an entity possessing a...
Ancestry of “μονοπώλιον”, step by step
μονοπώλιον traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek μόνος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μόνος | alone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |
via Ancient Greek πωλέω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πωλέω | I sell |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
Words derived from “μονοπώλιον”