ῥεῦμα

See also: ρεύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hréumə, likely inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sréwmn̥, from *srew- (to flow) +‎ *-mn̥; equivalent to ῥέω (rhéō, to flow) +‎ -μα (-ma).[1] Compare the related Proto-Indo-European *srówmos, whence also Old English stream. See also ῥυθμός (rhuthmós).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥεῦμᾰ • (rheûmăn (genitive ῥεύμᾰτος); third declension

  1. stream, flow, current

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ῥευμᾰτῐκός (rheumătĭkós)
  • ῥευμᾰτῐσμός (rheumătĭsmós)

Descendants

  • Greek: ρέμα (réma) , ρεύμα (révma)
  • Latin: rheuma (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ῥέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1281-2:DER > C > 3. > ῥεῦμα

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