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Where does “ἔτης” come from?

ἔτης (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European swet-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

ἔτης (Ancient Greek): clansman; private person; citizen

Definitions

  1. clansman; private person; citizen

Ancestry of “ἔτης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswet-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “ἔτης”

  • hetaera
  • hetaerism
  • hetaeric
  • hetegony
  • etero
  • hétaïre
  • ἑταῖρα
  • ἑταῖρος
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