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Where does “πεντηκοστή” come from?

πεντηκοστή (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστός, from Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomth₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

πεντηκοστή (Ancient Greek): Pentecost - From the feast called Shavuot, which...

Definitions

  1. Pentecost - From the feast called Shavuot, which...

Ancestry of “πεντηκοστή”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπεντηκοστόςfiftieth
2Ancient Greekπεντήκονταfifty
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomth₂—
4Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—

Words derived from “πεντηκοστή”

  • Pentecost
  • Pentecostal
  • Pentecostalism
  • Pinkster
  • Pentecostalist
  • Pentecostally
  • Neo-Pentecostal
  • neo-Pentecostal
  • pentecoste
  • Pentecoste
  • Pentecoste
  • Pentecôte
  • Pentecoste
  • Pentecosta
  • Pinkster
  • Pinksteren
  • Πεντηκοστή
  • pünkösd
  • pünkösdvasárnap
  • pentecosten
  • Pentecôte
  • pinxteren
  • pinxter
  • פנטקוסטא
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