Where does “έ-” come from?

έ- (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἐ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

έ- (Ancient Greek): the augment, an inseparable prefix used to form...

Definitions

  1. the augment, an inseparable prefix used to form...

Ancestry of “έ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐ-augment
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-Every word from Ancient Greek ἐ-