English
polem-
Polem- comes from Ancient Greek πόλεμος ‘war, battle, fight’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπόλεμοςpólemos‘war, battle, fight’
- Englishtodaypolem-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπόλεμοςpólemos‘war, battle, fight’
- Englishtodaypolem-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to beat, push, drive’
film, felt, simply, simple, push, filter, complain, pulse, powder, pillow, repeal, fold, flaw, palate, compulsive, expel, repel, propel, pall, pelt, palatable, wallow, peloton, pollen, palatal, peplum, pulver, tuple, pillion, pollinate, muffle, apoplexy, interpolate, 64 more
through Ancient Greek πάλλω ‘to poise, sway, brandish’
Today it means
prefix War, battle, fight.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek πόλεμος / polem-