φύω

Ancient Greek

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow
  • (transitive) To beget, bear, give birth to
  • (intransitive) To grow, arise, spring up
  • (intransitive) to become
  • (intransitive)
  • (copulative) To be by nature
  • (intransitive) To be naturally disposed to, prone
  • (impersonal) It is natural, happens naturally
  • to be one's natural lot

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *pʰúyō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti, *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰuH-

Gloss

grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper

Concept
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Ontological Category

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Kanji

曲

Emoji
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