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Where does “ἄγρα” come from?

ἄγρα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵro-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

ἄγρα (Ancient Greek): a catching, hunting, chase; that which is taken...

Definitions

  1. a catching, hunting, chase; that which is taken...

Ancestry of “ἄγρα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵro-hunt
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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