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Where does “πατήρ” come from?

πατήρ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic patḗr, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

πατήρ (Ancient Greek): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “πατήρ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicpatḗrfather
2Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “πατήρ”

  • anonymous
  • patriotism
  • anonymity
  • patriotic
  • patriarchal
  • pseudonym
  • anonymously
  • patriot
  • patriarch
  • eponymous
  • Patriot
  • Hieronymus
  • metonymic
  • unpatriotic
  • patronymic
  • pseudonymous
  • metonymically
  • patriarchate
  • homonym
  • patriotically
  • patriarchalism
  • anonymization
  • ethnonym
  • Patriote
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