Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sréweti
- Proto-Hellenic*hréwō
- Ancient Greekῥέω (rhéō)
- Ancient Greekῥοία (rhoía)
- English-rrhea
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”).
More words from Ancient Greek
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Ancient Greek -ρροια
- -ρροια (-rrhoia)flowing
French -rrhée
- -rrhéeflowing
Greek -ρροια
- -ρροια (-rroia)flowing
Italian -rragia
- -rragiaflowing
Norwegian Bokmål -ré
- -réflowing
Polish -ragia
- -ragiaflowing
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