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Where does “κατοικία” come from?

κατοικία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

κατοικία (Ancient Greek): habitation; settlement, colony; body of residents

Definitions

  1. habitation; settlement, colony; body of residents

Ancestry of “κατοικία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
2Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “κατοικία”

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