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Where does “ἅλμα” come from?

ἅλμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μα, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

ἅλμα (Ancient Greek): spring, leap, jump; jumping, as an athletic...

Definitions

  1. spring, leap, jump; jumping, as an athletic...

Ancestry of “ἅλμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μαAdded to verbal stems to form neuter nouns...
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “ἅλμα”

  • Halma
  • halma
  • άλμα
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