Where does “πολύσπαστος” come from?
πολύσπαστος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
πολύσπαστος (Ancient Greek): drawn by many cords
Ancestry of “πολύσπαστος”, step by step
πολύσπαστος 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 σπάω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | σπάω | to break; to draw, pull; to draw out, pull out |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)peh₂- | to stretch, to pull; to draw; chip, shaving, log,... |
Words derived from “πολύσπαστος”