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Where does “απειλώ” come from?

απειλώ (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἀπειλῶ, from Ancient Greek ἀπειλέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

απειλώ (Greek): threaten

Definitions

  1. threaten

Ancestry of “απειλώ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀπειλῶ—
2Ancient Greekἀπειλέωto threaten
3Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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