Where does “hapaxes” come from?

hapaxes (English) comes from English hapax, from Ancient Greek ἅπαξ, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

hapaxes (English): plural of hapax

Definitions

  1. plural of hapax

Ancestry of “hapaxes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhapaxEllipsis of hapax legomenon
2Ancient Greekἅπαξonce, one time, only once
3Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἅπαξ →