Where does “ἐπικός” come from?

ἐπικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἔπος, from Ancient Greek ϝέπος, from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ἐπικός (Ancient Greek): epic

Definitions

  1. epic

Ancestry of “ἐπικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἔποςsomething spoken: speech, story, song; epic...
2Ancient Greekϝέπος
3Proto-Hellenicwékʷosword, speech
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwékʷos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “ἐπικός

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