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Where does “diadrom” come from?

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

diadrom (English): A complete course or vibration, as of a pendulum

Definitions

  1. A complete course or vibration, as of a pendulum

Ancestry of “diadrom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekδιάδρομοςcorridor, passage; passage, way; strait
2Greekδρόμοςroadway, road, street, way; journey
3Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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