Where does “Hērodotus” come from?

Hērodotus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος, from Ancient Greek δοτός, from Proto-Indo-European dh₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Hērodotus (Latin): Herodotus

Definitions

  1. Herodotus

Ancestry of “Hērodotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἩρόδοτοςin particular, the 5th century historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus
2Ancient Greekδοτόςgranted; given
3Proto-Indo-Europeandh₃tósgiven
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “Hērodotus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dh₃tós →Every word from Ancient Greek δοτός →