Where does “κενοτάφιον” come from?
κενοτάφιον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τάφος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
κενοτάφιον (Ancient Greek): cenotaph, empty tomb
Definitions
- cenotaph, empty tomb
Ancestry of “κενοτάφιον”, step by step
κενοτάφιον traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek τάφος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | τάφος | funeral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |