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Where does “συλλαμβάνω” come from?

συλλαμβάνω (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.

συλλαμβάνω (Greek): arrest; conceive; receive, accept into the mind,...

Definitions

  1. arrest; conceive; receive, accept into the mind,...

Ancestry of “συλλαμβάνω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekσυλλαμβάνωI collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,...
2Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
3Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
4Proto-Hellenic*ksún—
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