Where does “biremă” come from?

biremă (Romanian) comes from French birème, from Latin biremis, from Latin bi-, from Ancient Greek κύκλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

biremă (Romanian): Bireme

Definitions

  1. Bireme

Ancestry of “biremă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbirèmebireme
2Latinbiremishaving two banks of oars; bireme
3Latinbi-having two parts; occurring twice
4Ancient Greekκύκλοςcircle, ring; Any circular object, such as a...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷékʷloswheel; circle
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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