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Where does “τετραίνω” come from?

τετραίνω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

τετραίνω (Ancient Greek): to bore; perforate; to perforate

Definitions

  1. to bore; perforate; to perforate

Ancestry of “τετραίνω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “τετραίνω”

  • trematode
  • monotreme
  • peritreme
  • atreme
  • zonotreme
  • anatreme
  • -treme
  • nomotreme
  • anomotreme
  • trema
  • imbornal
  • tréma
  • trema
  • embornal
  • umbrenals
  • embrunals
  • Tremarctos
  • Tremarctos ornatus
  • Tremarctinae
  • τρηματώδης
  • τρῆμα
  • ὀμβρινός
  • τέρετρον
  • ὀμβρινά τρήματα
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