endorheic

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*srew-“to flow, stream”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥέω“to flow, gush, stream”
3. English todayendorheic

PIE word *h₁én From English endo- (prefix meaning ‘internal, inside, within’) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, gush, stream”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”)) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).

Words from the same roots