Where does “epico” come from?
epico (Latin) comes from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός, from Ancient Greek ἔπος, from Ancient Greek ϝέπος, from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
epico (Latin): dative masculine singular of epicus; dative...
Definitions
- dative masculine singular of epicus; dative...
Ancestry of “epico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | epicus | epic |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐπικός | epic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔπος | something spoken: speech, story, song; epic... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ϝέπος | — |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | wékʷos | word, speech |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wékʷos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |