Where does “μειράκιον” come from?

μειράκιον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

μειράκιον (Ancient Greek): lad, stripling, young man, youngster, teenager range of approximately ages 12-16 or 14-20, depending on locational and temporal contexts

Definitions

  1. lad, stripling, young man, youngster, teenager range of approximately ages 12-16 or 14-20, depending on locational and temporal contexts

Ancestry of “μειράκιον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
2Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “μειράκιον”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →