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Where does “telh₂-o-” come from?

telh₂-o- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.

telh₂-o- (Proto-Indo-European): ground

Definitions

  1. ground

Ancestry of “telh₂-o-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom

Words derived from “telh₂-o-”

  • tellurium
  • telluric
  • telluride
  • Tellurian
  • tellurian
  • magnetotelluric
  • tellurate
  • intratelluric
  • tellurion
  • magnetotellurics
  • tellurism
  • ditelluride
  • hydrotelluric
  • radiotellurium
  • tellural
  • organotellurium
  • telluriferous
  • tellurize
  • hydrotellurate
  • tritelluride
  • oxytelluride
  • telluratian
  • nontellurium
  • pentatelluride
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