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Where does “καινότης” come from?

καινότης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

καινότης (Ancient Greek): newness, freshness; novelty; the new state of...

Definitions

  1. newness, freshness; novelty; the new state of...

Ancestry of “καινότης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
2Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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