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Where does “τάλαντον” come from?

τάλαντον (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European tl̥h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.

τάλαντον (Ancient Greek): balance, scale; anything weighed

Definitions

  1. balance, scale; anything weighed

Ancestry of “τάλαντον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantl̥h₂ent-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom

Words derived from “τάλαντον”

  • talent
  • talented
  • Atalanta
  • headhunter
  • untalented
  • multitalented
  • talentless
  • supertalented
  • semitalented
  • nontalent
  • undertalented
  • nontalented
  • talentlessness
  • talentedly
  • talentwise
  • talentedness
  • hypertalented
  • untalentedness
  • talentlessly
  • untalentedly
  • talentum
  • talenta
  • cazatalentos
  • talento
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