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Where does “πολεμικός” come from?

πολεμικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

πολεμικός (Ancient Greek): warlike, bellicose; hostile

Definitions

  1. warlike, bellicose; hostile

Ancestry of “πολεμικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
2Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
3Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “πολεμικός”

  • polemic
  • polemics
  • polemicist
  • polemicize
  • polemicism
  • polemicise
  • nonpolemic
  • polemician
  • philopolemic
  • polémica
  • polémiquer
  • polémique
  • polemisch
  • polemisch
  • polemiek
  • πολεμικός
  • polemikus
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