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Where does “εὐθανασία” come from?

εὐθανασία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Ancestry of “εὐθανασία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΘάνατος—
2Ancient GreekθνῄσκωI die; I am dead; to be killed
3Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
4Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “εὐθανασία”

  • euthanasia
  • euthanasian
  • euthanasic
  • euthanasee
  • euthanasist
  • euthanasia
  • ユーサネイジア
  • eutanazja
  • ευθανασία
  • eutanázia
  • eutanáziák
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