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Where does “νεῦμα” come from?

νεῦμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

νεῦμα (Ancient Greek): nod, sign; expression of will, command; approval,...

Definitions

  1. nod, sign; expression of will, command; approval,...

Ancestry of “νεῦμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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