Where does “anadroom” come from?
anadroom (Dutch) comes from Ancient Greek ἀνάδρομος, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
anadroom (Dutch): anadromous of marine fish: breeding in freshwater
Definitions
- anadromous of marine fish: breeding in freshwater
Ancestry of “anadroom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάδρομος | anadromous, of a fish entering a river from the sea |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |