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Where does “πτολίεθρον” come from?

πτολίεθρον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -θρον, from Proto-Hellenic [[*-tron]] ~ [[*-tʰron]], from Proto-Indo-European [[*-trom]] ~ [[*-dʰrom]].

πτολίεθρον (Ancient Greek): city

Definitions

  1. city

Ancestry of “πτολίεθρον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-θρον—
2Proto-Hellenic[[*-tron]] ~ [[*-tʰron]]—
3Proto-Indo-European[[*-trom]] ~ [[*-dʰrom]]—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European [[*-trom]] ~ [[*-dʰrom]] →