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Where does “ρόπαλο” come from?

ρόπαλο (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον, from Ancient Greek ῥέπω, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

ρόπαλο (Greek): bat, club, truncheon

Definitions

  1. bat, club, truncheon

Ancestry of “ρόπαλο”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekῥόπαλονclub, cudgel, mace shod with metal; hunter's...
2Ancient Greekῥέπωto incline one way or the other; to preponderate,...
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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