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Where does “σείω” come from?

σείω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic *tséihō.

σείω (Ancient Greek): I shake

Definitions

  1. I shake

Ancestry of “σείω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*tséihō—

Words derived from “σείω”

  • seismology
  • seismograph
  • seismological
  • sistrum
  • seismometer
  • seismogenic
  • seismologist
  • seismogram
  • helioseismology
  • seismographic
  • asteroseismology
  • seism
  • seismotectonic
  • seismologic
  • microseism
  • seismography
  • asteroseismological
  • paleoseismology
  • seismoscope
  • helioseismological
  • seismometry
  • seismologically
  • seismogenesis
  • paleoseismological
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