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Where does “πλανήτης” come from?

πλανήτης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

πλανήτης (Ancient Greek): wanderer, vagabond; planet; a fever that comes in...

Definitions

  1. wanderer, vagabond; planet; a fever that comes in...

Ancestry of “πλανήτης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
2Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “πλανήτης”

  • planet
  • planetary
  • interplanetary
  • planetarium
  • planetesimal
  • planetoid
  • protoplanetary
  • exoplanet
  • planetwide
  • exoplanetary
  • planetside
  • planetaria
  • protoplanet
  • planetology
  • planetfall
  • transplanetary
  • extraplanetary
  • planetocentric
  • planetlike
  • planetologist
  • planetward
  • circumplanetary
  • planeted
  • planetarily
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