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Where does “απόγευμα” come from?

απόγευμα (Greek) comes from Greek από, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

απόγευμα (Greek): afternoon

Definitions

  1. afternoon

Ancestry of “απόγευμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekαπόfrom; from, at, by, since; by, with, from
2Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
3Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
4Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
5Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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