Where does “πλεονεκτικός” come from?
πλεονεκτικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πλείων, from Proto-Hellenic *pleíhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs — full.
πλεονεκτικός (Ancient Greek): greedy
Ancestry of “πλεονεκτικός”, step by step
πλεονεκτικός traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek πλείων
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πλείων | more, comparative degree of πολύς; more; more,... |
| 2 | Proto-Hellenic | *pleíhōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *pléh₁yōs | full |
via Ancient Greek κτάομαι
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | κτάομαι | to get, obtain, acquire, gain, win; to bring on... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tk-éh₂- | acquisition |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tek- | to take by the hand; to receive, obtain; to weave |
Words derived from “πλεονεκτικός”