Where does “κλιμακτήρ” come from?

κλιμακτήρ (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

κλιμακτήρ (Ancient Greek): rung of a ladder; critical point in human life

Definitions

  1. rung of a ladder; critical point in human life

Ancestry of “κλιμακτήρ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “κλιμακτήρ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek -τήρ →