Etymograph

English

anabatic

Anabatic comes from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός ‘moving upward’, from βαίνω ‘to go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷəňňōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβαίνωbaínō‘to go’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτόςănăbătós‘moving upward’
  6. Englishtodayanabatic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷəňňōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβαίνωbaínō‘to go’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτόςănăbătós‘moving upward’
  6. Englishtodayanabatic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’

come, coming, base, revenue, basis, basic, venue, bass, cum, convenience, pug, contravention, misadventure, quim, 54 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’

event, adventure, avenue, convention, inventory, advent, intervene, inventor, invent, souvenir, convene, provenance, contravene, circumvention, revenant, 33 more

through Ancient Greek βαίνω ‘to go’

diabetes, acrobat, 11 more

Today it means

adj rising (up a slope)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / anabatic