Where does “ζῶμα” come from?

ζῶμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

ζῶμα (Ancient Greek): loincloth, drawers, worn next the body in a boxing contest

Definitions

  1. loincloth, drawers, worn next the body in a boxing contest

Ancestry of “ζῶμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →