Where does “πρατήρ” come from?

πρατήρ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic prātḗr, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥h₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

πρατήρ (Ancient Greek): seller; the stone on which slaves were sold

Definitions

  1. seller; the stone on which slaves were sold

Ancestry of “πρατήρ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicprātḗr—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥h₂tḗr—
3Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥h₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Hellenic prātḗr →
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