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Where does “τρώκτης” come from?

τρώκτης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

τρώκτης (Ancient Greek): gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with...

Definitions

  1. gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with...

Ancestry of “τρώκτης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
2Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “τρώκτης”

  • truttaceous
  • truité
  • tructa
  • trutta
  • troticoltura
  • trota
  • troticoltore
  • truite
  • truita
  • Trutta
  • truite
  • troftë
  • tructa
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