Where does “πενία” come from?

πενία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πένης, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

πενία (Ancient Greek): poverty, indigence, beggary

Definitions

  1. poverty, indigence, beggary

Ancestry of “πενία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπένηςlabourer, workman; poor man, pauper; poor
2Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
4Proto-Indo-European-ess—
5Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “πενία”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -os →Every word from Ancient Greek -ής →Every word from Ancient Greek πένης →