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Where does “ῥήγνυμι” come from?

ῥήγνυμι (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European wreh₁ǵ-.

ῥήγνυμι (Ancient Greek): I break asunder, tear, rend, shatter; I break,...

Definitions

  1. I break asunder, tear, rend, shatter; I break,...

Ancestry of “ῥήγνυμι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₁ǵ-—

Words derived from “ῥήγνυμι”

  • hemorrhage
  • haemorrhage
  • hemorrhagic
  • haemorrhagic
  • enterohemorrhagic
  • posthemorrhagic
  • enterohaemorrhagic
  • microhemorrhage
  • posthaemorrhagic
  • antihemorrhagic
  • regma
  • hemorrhagically
  • haemorrhagically
  • hemorrhagiparous
  • regmaglyptic
  • regmaglypt
  • haemorrhagia
  • antihemorrágico
  • hemorrágico
  • hemorragia
  • геморрагия
  • hemorragia
  • αἱμορραγία
  • ῥῆγμα
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