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Where does “Πτολεμαϊκός” come from?

Πτολεμαϊκός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος, from Ancient Greek -αῖος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Πτολεμαϊκός (Ancient Greek): Ptolemaic; pertaining to Ptolemy, the Ptolemies...

Definitions

  1. Ptolemaic; pertaining to Ptolemy, the Ptolemies...

Ancestry of “Πτολεμαϊκός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΠτολεμαῖοςPtolemy; warlike
2Ancient Greek-αῖος—
3Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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