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Where does “ἐπύλλιον” come from?

ἐπύλλιον (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.

ἐπύλλιον (Ancient Greek): versicle, scrap of poetry; epyllion, a short epic...

Definitions

  1. versicle, scrap of poetry; epyllion, a short epic...

Ancestry of “ἐπύλλιον”, 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 “ἐπύλλιον”

  • epyllion
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