Where does “πολύσημος” come from?
πολύσημος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
πολύσημος (Ancient Greek): signifying many things, having multiple meanings,...
Definitions
- signifying many things, having multiple meanings,...
Ancestry of “πολύσημος”, step by step
πολύσημος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek πολύς
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
via Ancient Greek σημαίνω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | σημαίνω | I show, point out, indicate; I signal someone to... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -αίνω | Originally found in verbs formed from nominal... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
Words derived from “πολύσημος”