Where does “πεντηκόντορος” come from?

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

πεντηκόντορος (Ancient Greek): penteconter ship with fifty oars

Definitions

  1. penteconter ship with fifty oars

Ancestry of “πεντηκόντορος”, step by step

πεντηκόντορος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα

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

via Ancient Greek ἐρετμόν

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐρετμόνoar for rowing; accusative singular of ἐρετμός
2Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “πεντηκόντορος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomth₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα →