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Where does “ἁλτῆρες” come from?

ἁλτῆρες (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

ἁλτῆρες (Ancient Greek): dumbbells

Definitions

  1. dumbbells

Ancestry of “ἁλτῆρες”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “ἁλτῆρες”

  • halteres
  • haltere
  • pseudohaltere
  • halterofilismo
  • halterofilia
  • haltere
  • αλτήρας
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →