Where does “ἀνάδρομος” come from?

ἀνάδρομος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

ἀνάδρομος (Ancient Greek): anadromous, of a fish entering a river from the sea

Definitions

  1. anadromous, of a fish entering a river from the sea

Ancestry of “ἀνάδρομος”, step by step

ἀνάδρομος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek δρόμος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Ancient Greek ἀνατρέχω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀνατρέχωto run back, return
2Ancient Greekἀνα-up to, upwards, up; thoroughly; indicating...
3Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́up; to, again, upon

Words derived from “ἀνάδρομος

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Ancient Greek -όςEvery word from Ancient Greek δρόμος