Where does “ταχυδρόμος” come from?

ταχυδρόμος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

ταχυδρόμος (Ancient Greek): fast running

Definitions

  1. fast running

Ancestry of “ταχυδρόμος”, step by step

ταχυδρόμος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek δρόμος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Ancient Greek ταχύς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekταχύςswift, quick, fast, rapid; In a short time: soon
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰn̥gʰ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʰ-to cover; to overcast

Words derived from “ταχυδρόμος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek δρόμος →