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Where does “πιθήκιον” come from?

πιθήκιον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πίθηκος, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

πιθήκιον (Ancient Greek): pithecium, little ape; weight hung between two...

Definitions

  1. pithecium, little ape; weight hung between two...

Ancestry of “πιθήκιον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπίθηκοςape, monkey; trickster, jackanapes; dwarf
2Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “πιθήκιον”

  • pithecium
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