Etymology

anatropous

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Today it means: Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base. Full definition →

English apotropous ← Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  6. Englishan-
  7. Englishapotropous
  8. English todayanatropous

From an- + apotropous.

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