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Where does “ἔλαιον” come from?

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

ἔλαιον (Ancient Greek): olive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...

Definitions

  1. olive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...

Ancestry of “ἔλαιον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
2Proto-Hellenicelaíwā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom—

Words derived from “ἔλαιον”

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