Word Origin Summary

Ἀλέξω 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. *h₂lek-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
2. *aléksōProto-Hellenicderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• alexipyrétique

  French · derived from

• alexipyretic

  English · derived from

• alexin

  English · derived from

• αλεξι-

  Greek · derived from

• Alexin

  German · derived from

What You Can Explore

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