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Where does “ὕδραυλις” come from?

ὕδραυλις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ, from Proto-Hellenic *údōr.

ὕδραυλις (Ancient Greek): water organ, invented by Ctesibius

Definitions

  1. water organ, invented by Ctesibius

Ancestry of “ὕδραυλις”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὕδωρwater; rainwater, rain; sweat
2Proto-Hellenic*údōr—

Words derived from “ὕδραυλις”

  • hydraulic
  • hydraulics
  • hydraulically
  • electrohydraulic
  • hydraulicity
  • hydraulicking
  • nonhydraulic
  • hydraulician
  • thermohydraulic
  • electrohydraulically
  • psychohydraulic
  • microhydraulic
  • electrohydraulics
  • thermohydraulics
  • psychohydraulics
  • sterhydraulic
  • mandraulic
  • hydraulicus
  • termoidraulico
  • idraulicamente
  • idraulico
  • idraulicità
  • elettroidraulico
  • hydraulique
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