ἀλέξω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- to keep off, turn aside
- to guard, protect, defend, help
- (middle) to recompense, requite
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Hellenic *aléksō (protect) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (defend, protect, ward off, close), *h₂lek- (defend, protect, ward off, close).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂lek-
Gloss
defend, protect, ward off, close
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gurkha English
- alexipyretic English
- ulciscor Latin
- alexipyrétique French
- Александр Russian
- Σιτάλκης Ancient Greek
- ἀλκή Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρός Ancient Greek
- ἄναλκις Ancient Greek
- Ἀλέξανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκίνοος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκίφρων Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκαμένης Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκαῖος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκμήνη Ancient Greek
- Ἄλκηστις Ancient Greek
- *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lek-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lékseti Proto-Indo-European
- *algōną Proto-Germanic
- *alhs Proto-Germanic
- Ealhswiþ Old English
- ealgian Old English
- ealh Old English
- रक्षण Sanskrit
- रक्षति Sanskrit
- रक्षा Sanskrit
- रक्षिका Sanskrit
- रक्ष् Sanskrit
- रक्षा Hindi
- राख Hindi
- รักษา Thai
- รักษ์ Thai
- αλεξι- Greek (modern)
- reksa Indonesian
- երաշխիք Old Armenian
- rakkhati Pali
- રાખ Gujarati
- *Hrakš- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrákšati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrakṣ- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *Hrákṣati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Олександръ Old East Slavic
- رکشا Urdu
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- ರಕ್ಷಿಸು Kannada
- *aléksō Proto-Hellenic
- *raxši Parthian