Etymograph

English

alysoid

Alysoid comes from Ancient Greek ἅλυσις ‘chain’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-1‘to turn, wind’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλυσις2hálusis‘chain’
  3. Englishtodayalysoid2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλυσις
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English alysoid

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἅλυσις‘to turn, wind’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλυσιςWiktionary, English alysoidhálusis‘chain’
  3. EnglishtodayalysoidWiktionary, English alysoid

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind’

well, walk, wall, volume, revolution, evolution, involve, vault, valve, evolve, revolt, vulgar, helix, waltz, convoluted, divulge, voluminous, vagrant, vulva, gauche, convolution, vulgate, wale, iliac, ilium, involution, voluble, valvular, valise, 74 more

Today it means

noun catenary

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “alysoid”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek ἅλυσις. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welH- / alysoid

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