Where does “πόλος” come from?

πόλος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

πόλος (Ancient Greek): pivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...

Definitions

  1. pivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...

Ancestry of “πόλος”, step by step

πόλος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European kʷel-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Proto-Hellenic *pólos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*pólos—

Words derived from “πόλος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →