σέβομαι

Ancient Greek

verb

Definitions

to feel awe or fear before God, especially when about to do something disgraceful; to feel shame, religious awe

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *tyegʷ- (avoid, yield to, give up), *tyegʷ- (avoid, yield to, give up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tyegʷ-

Gloss

avoid, yield to, give up

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

θεός Ancient Greek
θεόσεπτος Ancient Greek
πίθηκος Ancient Greek
σέβασις Ancient Greek
σέβω Ancient Greek
σεμνολογία Ancient Greek
σεμνός Ancient Greek
*tyegʷ- Proto-Indo-European
त्याग Sanskrit
σέβομαι Greek (modern)
*tyáǰati Proto-Indo-Iranian
*tyāgás Proto-Indo-Iranian