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Where does “ἅρμα” come from?

ἅρμα (Byzantine Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂érmn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

ἅρμα (Byzantine Greek): chariot

Definitions

  1. chariot

Ancestry of “ἅρμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂érmn̥—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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