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Where does “drom” come from?

drom (Romani) comes from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

drom (Romani): road

Definitions

  1. road

Ancestry of “drom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
2Ancient Greek-ός—
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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