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Where does “ῥεῦμα” come from?

ῥεῦμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ῥέω, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

ῥεῦμα (Ancient Greek): stream, flow, current

Definitions

  1. stream, flow, current

Ancestry of “ῥεῦμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekῥέωI flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I...
2Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “ῥεῦμα”

  • realm
  • rheumatism
  • rheumatic
  • rheumy
  • rheumatology
  • rheum
  • rheumatologist
  • antirheumatic
  • nonrheumatic
  • rheumatically
  • rheumaticky
  • realmless
  • rheumatismal
  • rheumily
  • rheumed
  • interrealm
  • rheumic
  • rheumatismoid
  • enrheum
  • rheumatismus
  • rheuma
  • rheumaticus
  • reuma
  • reumático
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