leviratical
English
adj
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.
Etymology
Suffix from English levirate derived from Latin levir (brother-in-law, husbands brother, a husband's brother) derived from Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (husbands brother, brother-in-law).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δᾱήρ
Gloss
husbands brother, brother-in-law
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- levir English
- levirate English
- levirate marriage English
- leviratic English
- leviration English
- levir Latin
- lēvir Latin
- δᾱήρ Ancient Greek
- *daiwēr Proto-Italic