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Where does “αβολιδοσκόπητος” come from?

αβολιδοσκόπητος (Greek) comes from Greek ά-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

αβολιδοσκόπητος (Greek): unplumbed, unfathomed, unsounded; not sounded out

Definitions

  1. unplumbed, unfathomed, unsounded; not sounded out

Ancestry of “αβολιδοσκόπητος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekά-Alternative form of α-; without; less
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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