Where does “εικοσιτετράωρος” come from?

εικοσιτετράωρος (Greek) comes from Greek είκοσι, from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι, from Proto-Hellenic ewīkəti, from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti, from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

εικοσιτετράωρος (Greek): twenty-four-hour

Definitions

  1. twenty-four-hour

Ancestry of “εικοσιτετράωρος”, step by step

εικοσιτετράωρος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek είκοσι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekείκοσιtwenty, 20
2Ancient Greekεἴκοσιtwenty
3Proto-Hellenicewīkəti
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwídḱm̥titwenty
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwidḱómt
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Greek ώρα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekώραhour; time
2Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
3Proto-Hellenic*worā
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥tEvery word from Proto-Indo-European dwidḱómtEvery word from Proto-Indo-European wídḱm̥ti