Where does “ῥόμος” come from?

ῥόμος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European wr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

ῥόμος (Ancient Greek): wood-worm

Definitions

  1. wood-worm

Ancestry of “ῥόμος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥misworm
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wr̥mis
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