Where does “φιλήρετμος” come from?

φιλήρετμος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

φιλήρετμος (Ancient Greek): oar-loving

Definitions

  1. oar-loving

Ancestry of “φιλήρετμος”, step by step

φιλήρετμος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek φιλέω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
2Ancient Greekἀτέλειαexemption from public burdens, immunity
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Ancient Greek ἐρετμόν

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐρετμόνoar for rowing; accusative singular of ἐρετμός
2Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια