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Where does “σπονδείος” come from?

σπονδείος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος, from Ancient Greek σπονδή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

σπονδείος (Greek): spondee

Definitions

  1. spondee

Ancestry of “σπονδείος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσπονδεῖοςspondee; associated with a libation
2Ancient Greekσπονδήlibation, drink-offering; treaty, truce
3Ancient Greek-ή—
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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