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Where does “Theaetetus” come from?

Theaetetus derives from Ancient Greek Θεαίτητος, composed of θεός (god) from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁s-, itself from the root dʰeh₁- meaning to place or set.

Ancestry of “Theaetetus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΘεαίτητος—
2Ancient Greekαἰτητόςasked for, requested
3Ancient Greekαἰτέωto ask for, crave, demand, beg , ; or with object...
4Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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