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Where does “αβυσσαλέος” come from?

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

αβυσσαλέος (Greek): abyssal, deep, bottomless; deep, immeasurable

Definitions

  1. abyssal, deep, bottomless; deep, immeasurable

Ancestry of “αβυσσαλέος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekάβυσσοςabyss, deep chasm; deep despair
2Ancient Greekἄβυσσοςbottomless, boundless; unfathomable; bottomless...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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