Where does “-dromous” come from?

-dromous (English) comes from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

-dromous (English): running or moving in a specified manner

Definitions

  1. running or moving in a specified manner

Ancestry of “-dromous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-dromous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek δρόμος →