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Where does “νυσταγμός” come from?

νυσταγμός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

νυσταγμός (Ancient Greek): drowsiness

Definitions

  1. drowsiness

Ancestry of “νυσταγμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “νυσταγμός”

  • nystagmus
  • electronystagmography
  • nystagmic
  • electronystagmographic
  • electronystagmogram
  • nystagmography
  • vestibulonystagmography
  • nystagmiform
  • nystagmographic
  • nystagmus
  • nistagmo
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