Word Origin Summary

Σταυρός is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *steh₂-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• stavroz

  Gagauz · borrowed from

• σταυρός

  Greek · inherited from

• stauropegio

  Italian · derived from

• Ставрополь

  Russian · derived from

• stauro-

  English · derived from

• stör

  Swedish · derived from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root