Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Fabricated by ancient grammarians as the full form of contracted ζῶ (),[1] but this is truly from ζώω (zṓō), from Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō, from *gʷyṓwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃woh₂. Doublet of βῐόω (bióō).[2]

Verb

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ζάω (záō)

  1. Alternative form of ζῶ ()

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “*ζάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 496
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505

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