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Where does “ἀρτηρία” come from?

ἀρτηρία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἀείρω, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

ἀρτηρία (Ancient Greek): artery; windpipe, trachea; bronchi

Definitions

  1. artery; windpipe, trachea; bronchi

Ancestry of “ἀρτηρία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀείρωto lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wer-to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “ἀρτηρία”

  • artery
  • arterial
  • aa
  • arteritis
  • arteriole
  • arteriolar
  • polyarteritis
  • intraarterial
  • transarterial
  • ventriculoarterial
  • arterially
  • arteritic
  • periarteritis
  • arterialization
  • periarterial
  • nonarteritic
  • periarteriolar
  • aortoarteritis
  • intraarterially
  • vertebrarterial
  • hyparterial
  • eparterial
  • metarteriole
  • arterialize
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