Ancient Greek

τίθημι

‘to put’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek τίθημι.

21 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek τίθημι, most familiar first.

• treasury ← tresorie ← tresorie ← tresor ← *tresaurus
• treasure ← tresour ← tresor ← *tresaurus ← thēsaurus
• treasurer ← tresorer ← tresorer ← tresor ← *tresaurus
• synthesis ← σύνθεσις ← συντίθημι
• tick ← tike ← tike ← theca ← θήκη
• thesaurus ← θησαυρός
• epithet ← épithète ← epitheton ← ἐπίθετον ← ἐπίθετος
• theca ← θήκη
• athetosis ← ἄθετος
• nomothetic ← νομοθετικός ← νομοθέτης
• apothecium ← ἀποθήκη ← ἀποτίθημι
• athetize ← ἄθετος

More words from τίθημι

• atheroid
• bodeguero
• enthetic
• monothetic
• polythetic
• prothese
• syntheton
• thetical
• thesaurosis
• theme

Etymograph / Ancient Greek τίθημι