ζῶ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Contracted from ζώω (zṓō), from Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō, from *gʷyṓwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃woh₂. Doublet of βῐόω (bióō).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ζῶ ()

  1. to live

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Descendants

  • Greek: ζω (zo, live), ζήτω (zíto, long live)
  • Mariupol Greek: зу (zu)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505

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