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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.?

Proto-Hellenic *kətá

Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ)

Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂

Proto-Hellenic *agorā́

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́)

Pre-Greekder.?

Proto-Hellenic *-eús

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)

Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō)

Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō)

Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor.

Late Latin catēgoriader.

Middle French categorie

French catégoriebor.

Middle English

English category

Late Middle English, borrowed from French catégorie, from Middle French categorie, from Late Latin catēgoria (“class of predicables”), from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “head of predicables”). Doublet of categoria.

noun categories

A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria. This steep and dangerous climb belongs to the most difficult category.
A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative. One well-known category has sets as objects and functions as arrows.

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