Etymograph

English

holo-

Holo- comes from Ancient Greek ὅλος ‘whole, entire’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-1‘whole’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂wós1reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὅλος1hólos‘whole, entire’
  4. Englishtodayholo-1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English holo-

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-Wiktionary, English holo-‘whole’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂wósWiktionary, English holo-reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὅλοςWiktionary, English holo-hólos‘whole, entire’
  4. Englishtodayholo-Wiktionary, English holo-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’

save, safe, sold, solid, salvation, sage, salute, savior, salvage, xu, sol, salvo, sou, salve, salvia, salutation, salutary, salubrious, 30 more

through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós

safely, 4 more

through Ancient Greek ὅλος ‘whole, entire’

holocaust, 3 more

Today it means

prefix Whole, entire.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “holo-”. 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 *solh₂- / holo-

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