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Where does “σῶμα” come from?

σῶμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

σῶμα (Ancient Greek): body; One's life in the physical world; That...

Definitions

  1. body; One's life in the physical world; That...

Ancestry of “σῶμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “σῶμα”

  • somatic
  • soma
  • somatosensory
  • psychosomatic
  • somatostatin
  • somatoform
  • somite
  • schistosomiasis
  • somatically
  • somatotopic
  • somatotype
  • somatodendritic
  • somatics
  • somitogenesis
  • somatomotor
  • somatotropic
  • somatotopically
  • somatotopy
  • somitic
  • schistosome
  • mesosoma
  • viscerosomatic
  • somal
  • exosomatic
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