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Where does “πρόβλημᾰ” come from?

πρόβλημᾰ (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek προβάλλω, from Ancient Greek πρό-, from Ancient Greek πρό, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

πρόβλημᾰ (Ancient Greek): anything thrown forward or projecting; anything...

Definitions

  1. anything thrown forward or projecting; anything...

Ancestry of “πρόβλημᾰ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπροβάλλωto throw or lay before, throw to; to put forward...
2Ancient Greekπρό-in front of; before
3Ancient Greekπρόbefore; before, in front, forth, forward; before,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “πρόβλημᾰ”

  • problem
  • problematic
  • problematical
  • unproblematic
  • problematically
  • unproblematically
  • subproblem
  • problemo
  • eigenproblem
  • Entscheidungsproblem
  • multiproblem
  • nonproblematic
  • nonproblem
  • problemsolver
  • problematicness
  • problemist
  • nonproblematically
  • problemed
  • problemsome
  • problematicality
  • multiproblematic
  • problematicalness
  • subsubproblem
  • bijou problemette
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