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Where does “πάλλω” come from?

πάλλω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic pə́ľľō, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

πάλλω (Ancient Greek): to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown;...

Definitions

  1. to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown;...

Ancestry of “πάλλω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicpə́ľľō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “πάλλω”

  • Pallas
  • palladium
  • palladia
  • pallasite
  • palladian
  • palladious
  • palladous
  • dipalladium
  • organopalladium
  • palladic
  • allylpalladium
  • palladiferous
  • palladiumize
  • palladoan
  • pallophotophone
  • radiopalladium
  • palladide
  • Palladium
  • palladium
  • palladia
  • pale
  • paládio
  • pallādijs
  • palladium
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →