βῆμα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a step, pace, footfall, gait
- raised place or tribune from which men spoke in a public assembly
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (go, leave, tread, come, go step, step).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷeh₂-
Gloss
go, leave, tread, come, go step, step
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bema English
- bima English
- bima Dutch, Flemish
- βέβηλος Ancient Greek
- βατός Ancient Greek
- βιβάς Ancient Greek
- βωμός Ancient Greek
- *gʷeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Indo-European
- gatavs Latvian
- կալ Old Armenian
- կամ Old Armenian
- בימה Yiddish
- בִּימָה Hebrew (modern)
- *bayeti Proto-Celtic
- *bā- Proto-Celtic
- bāssom, *bāstom Proto-Celtic
- ⲃⲏⲙⲁ Coptic