Where does “halma” come from?

halma (English) comes from Ancient Greek ἅλμα, from Ancient Greek -μα, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

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Definitions

  1. A board game invented by George Howard Monks in...

Ancestry of “halma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἅλμαspring, leap, jump; jumping, as an athletic...
2Ancient Greek-μαAdded to verbal stems to form neuter nouns...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μα →Every word from Ancient Greek ἅλμα →