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Where does “אכלוס” come from?

אכלוס (Aramaic) comes from Ancient Greek ὄχλος, from Proto-Indo-European woǵʰlos, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

אכלוס (Aramaic): crowd, multitude, mob; people, populace

Definitions

  1. crowd, multitude, mob; people, populace

Ancestry of “אכלוס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄχλοςmultitude, crowd, mob; mass, multitude; riot,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwoǵʰlos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
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