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Where does “ῥάβδος” come from?

ῥάβδος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European urb.

ῥάβδος (Ancient Greek): rod, wand, stick; magic wand, scepter; shaft of a...

Definitions

  1. rod, wand, stick; magic wand, scepter; shaft of a...

Ancestry of “ῥάβδος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanurb—

Words derived from “ῥάβδος”

  • rhabdomyolysis
  • rhabdomyosarcoma
  • rhabdoid
  • rhabdomyoma
  • rhabdosphincter
  • rhabditiform
  • rhabdomancy
  • rhabdite
  • nonrhabdomyosarcoma
  • rhabdomancer
  • rhabdosome
  • rhabdolith
  • rhabditic
  • rhabdolithic
  • rhabdomyoid
  • pseudorhabdite
  • rhabdosphere
  • rhabdo-
  • rabdophorus
  • rabdomanzia
  • rabdo-
  • rabdomiolisi
  • ράβδος
  • Rhabdornis
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