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Where does “τραῦμα” come from?

τραῦμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τιτρώσκω, from Proto-Indo-European terh₃- — to hurt.

τραῦμα (Ancient Greek): wound, hurt; hurt, damage; heavy blow, defeat

Definitions

  1. wound, hurt; hurt, damage; heavy blow, defeat

Ancestry of “τραῦμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτιτρώσκωto harm, hurt
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₃-to hurt

Words derived from “τραῦμα”

  • trauma
  • traumatic
  • posttraumatic
  • nontraumatic
  • barotrauma
  • atraumatic
  • traumatically
  • microtrauma
  • polytrauma
  • posttrauma
  • traumatology
  • peritraumatic
  • neurotrauma
  • macrotrauma
  • nontrauma
  • traumatologist
  • biotrauma
  • untraumatic
  • neurotraumatic
  • polytraumatic
  • barotraumatic
  • traumaticin
  • non-traumatic
  • biotraumatic
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