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Where does “πέρδομαι” come from?

πέρδομαι (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πέρδομαι, from Proto-Hellenic pérdomai, from Proto-Indo-European pérdetor, from Proto-Indo-European perd- — to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind.

πέρδομαι (Greek): flatulate, break wind, pass wind

Definitions

  1. flatulate, break wind, pass wind

Ancestry of “πέρδομαι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπέρδομαιto fart, break wind
2Proto-Hellenicpérdomaito fart loudly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpérdetorto be farting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanperd-to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind
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