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Where does “ταρσός” come from?

ταρσός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European tr̥sós, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

ταρσός (Ancient Greek): frame of wickerwork, crate, for drying cheese on;...

Definitions

  1. frame of wickerwork, crate, for drying cheese on;...

Ancestry of “ταρσός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥sósflat surface for drying food
2Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “ταρσός”

  • tarsus
  • metatarsus
  • tarsier
  • tarsometatarsus
  • tibiotarsus
  • pretarsus
  • tarsectomy
  • basitarsus
  • hypotarsus
  • protarsus
  • foretarsus
  • tarse
  • nigritarsis
  • albitarsis
  • fuscitarsis
  • rufitarsis
  • longitarsis
  • gracilitarsis
  • crassitarsis
  • latitarsis
  • tenuitarsis
  • flavitarsis
  • brevitarsis
  • fulvitarsis
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