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Where does “hipeaspáidias” come from?

hipeaspáidias (Irish) comes from Ancient Greek ὑποσπαδίας, from Ancient Greek ὑπο-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

hipeaspáidias (Irish): hypospadias

Definitions

  1. hypospadias

Ancestry of “hipeaspáidias”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὑποσπαδίαςone who has the orifice of the urethra too low
2Ancient Greekὑπο-under, sub-, hypo-; denoting a small degree,...
3Ancient Greekὑπό
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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