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Where does “heterodromous” come from?

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

heterodromous (English): Of levers, in which the power and weight move in...

Definitions

  1. Of levers, in which the power and weight move in...

Ancestry of “heterodromous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-dromousrunning or moving in a specified manner
2Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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