Etymograph

English

exorheic

Exorheic comes from Ancient Greek ῥέω ‘I flow, stream’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *srew-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-‘to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sréweti‘to flow’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hréwō‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥέωrhéō‘I flow, stream’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1998exorheic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-‘to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sréweti‘to flow’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hréwō‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥέωrhéō‘I flow, stream’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1998exorheic

Earliest quotation: 1998, Brian Moss, Ecology of Fresh Waters: Man and Medium: “Most lakes are exorheic, with some flow-through and no…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow’

stream, rhythm, maelstrom, rheumatism, rheumatology, 42 more

through Ancient Greek ῥέω ‘I flow, stream’

rheumatic, hemorrhoid, rheology, 7 more

Today it means

adj Externally drained; having one or more outlets.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *srew- / exorheic

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