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Where does “ἔτυμον” come from?

ἔτυμον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἔτυμος, from Ancient Greek ἐτεός, from Proto-Indo-European set- — stable, true.

ἔτυμον (Ancient Greek): the true sense of a word according to its...

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Ancestry of “ἔτυμον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἔτυμοςtrue, real, sure
2Ancient Greekἐτεόςin accordance with reality or one's feelings:...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanset-stable, true

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