Where does “δεκάλογος” come from?

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

δεκάλογος (Ancient Greek): Decalogue, the Ten Commandments

Definitions

  1. Decalogue, the Ten Commandments

Ancestry of “δεκάλογος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “δεκάλογος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek -λόγος →
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