ἡλίκος

Ancient Greek

adj-1&2
Definitions
  • (relative adjective) as big or great as, as old as
  • (indirect interrogative adjective) how big; extraordinarily big or small
  • (exclamatory adjective) how big!

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *yós.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*yós

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • tālis Latin
  • tale Italian
  • tal Spanish, Castilian
  • ὅς Ancient Greek
  • *tód Proto-Indo-European
  • *yós Proto-Indo-European
  • tel Old French
  • tal Catalan, Valencian
  • atare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
  • tal Old Portuguese