Where does “παλίνδρομος” come from?

παλίνδρομος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

παλίνδρομος (Ancient Greek): running back again, recurring; uncertain

Definitions

  1. running back again, recurring; uncertain

Ancestry of “παλίνδρομος”, step by step

παλίνδρομος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek δρόμος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Ancient Greek πάλιν

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπάλινback, backwards; again, once more, anew; again,...
2Ancient Greekπάλις—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷl̥His—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “παλίνδρομος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek δρόμος →