Where does “βαθυσκάφος” come from?
βαθυσκάφος (Greek) comes from Greek βαθύς, from Ancient Greek βαθύς, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂dʰ- — to sink, submerge; to tread, wade.
βαθυσκάφος (Greek): bathyscaphe, bathyscaph
Ancestry of “βαθυσκάφος”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | βαθύς | deep; deep, dark; profound, deep |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βαθύς | being a large vertical distance from: high, deep;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeh₂dʰ- | to sink, submerge; to tread, wade |