hemerodrome
English
noun
Definitions
- A courier in Ancient Greece who would run for a day
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (day, date) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (be hot, burn), *drem- (run, sleep).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*drem-
Gloss
run, sleep
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
🎽 🏃 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ 💨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hemerology English
- heptameron English
- Druma Latin
- Truentus Latin
- amārus Latin
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- δαρθάνω Ancient Greek
- δρομᾰ́ς Ancient Greek
- δρόμος Ancient Greek
- ἐφήμερος Ancient Greek
- ἐφημερία Ancient Greek
- ἡμέρᾱ Ancient Greek
- *drem- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₃mr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- εφήμερος Greek (modern)
- εφημερίδα Greek (modern)
- ημέρα Greek (modern)
- *Hnidrā́H Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *drā́yati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dormiō Proto-Italic
- *awa-derna Proto-Albanian