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Where does “ἀτροφίᾱ” come from?

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

ἀτροφίᾱ (Ancient Greek): a wasting away; lack of food, hunger

Definitions

  1. a wasting away; lack of food, hunger

Ancestry of “ἀτροφίᾱ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἄτροφοςill-fed, un-nourished
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “ἀτροφίᾱ”

  • atrophy
  • atrophic
  • lipoatrophy
  • hemiatrophy
  • lipoatrophic
  • pseudoatrophy
  • atrophically
  • fibroatrophic
  • fibroatrophy
  • scleroatrophic
  • cerebroatrophic
  • antiatrophic
  • panatrophy
  • atrophia
  • atrophie
  • atròfia
  • atrofiar
  • atrofie
  • ατροφία
  • atrofie
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