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Where does “ǵónh₁os” come from?

ǵónh₁os (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ǵónh₁os (Proto-Indo-European): birth; offspring

Definitions

  1. birth; offspring

Ancestry of “ǵónh₁os”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “ǵónh₁os”

  • oxygen
  • Antigone
  • gonorrhea
  • hypoxia
  • cosmogony
  • oxygenation
  • oxalate
  • cosmogonic
  • oxytocin
  • theogony
  • gonorrheal
  • doxorubicin
  • oxalic
  • epigone
  • cosmogonical
  • fluoxetine
  • theogonic
  • anoxic
  • oxy
  • epigonism
  • cosmogonist
  • deoxyribonucleic
  • cosmogonically
  • deoxy
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