Where does “halter” come from?

halter (Catalan) comes from Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

halter (Catalan): dumbbell

Definitions

  1. dumbbell

Ancestry of “halter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἁλτῆρεςdumbbells
2Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek -τήρ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες →