hemerodrome

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*drem-“to run”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂eh₃-“be hot, burn”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromἡμέρᾱ“day; date”
4. English todayhemerodrome

Meaning a "day courier". Slightly more common form is "hemerodromos". From Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day; date”) (a variant of ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“be hot, burn”)) + δρόμος (drómos, “race, running; race course, track”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).

Words from the same roots