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Where does “ἅπτω” come from?

ἅπτω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic *áptō.

ἅπτω (Ancient Greek): to kindle, set on fire, fasten fire to; to fasten...

Definitions

  1. to kindle, set on fire, fasten fire to; to fasten...

Ancestry of “ἅπτω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*áptō—

Words derived from “ἅπτω”

  • haptic
  • synapse
  • apse
  • haptics
  • synapsis
  • periapsis
  • synapsin
  • apsis
  • haptically
  • apoapsis
  • haptotaxis
  • haptophyte
  • haptonema
  • ephaptic
  • rhombencephalosynapsis
  • presynapse
  • hapticity
  • postsynapse
  • haptonomy
  • triapsal
  • haphephobia
  • haptotropic
  • desynapsis
  • asynapsis
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