Where does “trihemiobol” come from?

trihemiobol (English) comes from English obol, from French obole, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος, from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

trihemiobol (English): A coin worth one-and-a-half obols

Definitions

  1. A coin worth one-and-a-half obols

Ancestry of “trihemiobol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishobolA silver coin of Ancient Greece; A weight,...
2Frenchoboleoffering; obole; obol
3Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
4Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
5Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
6Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
8Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-