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Where does “στρέφω” come from?

στρέφω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.

στρέφω (Ancient Greek): to twist

Definitions

  1. to twist

Ancestry of “στρέφω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-—

Words derived from “στρέφω”

  • catastrophe
  • catastrophic
  • strap
  • bootstrap
  • strapping
  • streptococcal
  • strophe
  • streptomycin
  • streptococcus
  • strapless
  • catastrophically
  • streptokinase
  • strophic
  • strappy
  • catastrophism
  • jockstrap
  • blackstrap
  • chinstrap
  • strapwork
  • backstrap
  • poststreptococcal
  • unstrap
  • strappado
  • catastrophist
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