Where does “τάφος” come from?

τάφος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

τάφος (Ancient Greek): funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb,...

Definitions

  1. funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb,...

Ancestry of “τάφος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
2Proto-Hellenic*-os—
3Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “τάφος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *-os →