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Where does “ἴσχαιμος” come from?

ἴσχαιμος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Ancestry of “ἴσχαιμος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekαἷμαblood
2Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
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