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Where does “ἄτροφος” come from?

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

ἄτροφος (Ancient Greek): ill-fed, un-nourished

Definitions

  1. ill-fed, un-nourished

Ancestry of “ἄτροφος”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ἄτροφος”

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