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Where does “ἱπποτοξότης” come from?

ἱπποτοξότης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τοξότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

ἱπποτοξότης (Ancient Greek): a mounted archer

Definitions

  1. a mounted archer

Ancestry of “ἱπποτοξότης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτοξότηςarcher, bowman; Sagittarius, the Archer; city...
2Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
3Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “ἱπποτοξότης”

  • hippotoxotae
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