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Where does “τῡρός” come from?

τῡρός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τυρός, from Proto-Hellenic tūrós, from Proto-Indo-European tuh₂-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

τῡρός (Ancient Greek): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “τῡρός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτυρόςcheese
2Proto-Hellenictūrós—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantuh₂-ró-s—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “τῡρός”

  • butter
  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • bureau
  • tyrosine
  • bureaucrat
  • butternut
  • buttercup
  • bureaux
  • bureaucratization
  • bureaucratically
  • tyrosinase
  • butterfat
  • phosphotyrosine
  • buttercream
  • bureaucratism
  • tyrosinemia
  • tyrosyl
  • nitrotyrosine
  • butterbur
  • butterball
  • antibureaucratic
  • bureaucratese
  • nonbureaucratic
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