Where does “δῠσ-” come from?
δῠσ- (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
δῠσ- (Ancient Greek): bad, unfortunate
Definitions
- bad, unfortunate
Ancestry of “δῠσ-”, step by step
δῠσ- traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin calculāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Ancient Greek γράφω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Proto-Hellenic *dus-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Hellenic | *dus- | bad |