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Where does “ἐλαία” come from?

ἐλαία (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic elaíwā, from Proto-Indo-European loiwom.

ἐλαία (Ancient Greek): olive tree; olive; naevus

Definitions

  1. olive tree; olive; naevus

Ancestry of “ἐλαία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicelaíwā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom—

Words derived from “ἐλαία”

  • whole
  • oil
  • adult
  • hole
  • holes
  • altar
  • olive
  • abolition
  • portal
  • wholesale
  • petroleum
  • adulthood
  • abolish
  • petrol
  • abolitionist
  • olfactory
  • acrylic
  • wholeheartedly
  • Ollie
  • keyhole
  • loophole
  • redolent
  • linoleum
  • borehole
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