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Where does “Helotes” come from?

Helotes (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Εἵλωτες, from Ancient Greek ἁλίσκομαι, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Ancestry of “Helotes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΕἵλωτεςnominative plural of Εἵλως; vocative plural of...
2Ancient Greekἁλίσκομαιto be captured
3Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
4Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “Helotes”

  • helot
  • helotry
  • helotism
  • ilote
  • ilotisme
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