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Where does “πρόνοος” come from?

πρόνοος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek νόος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, 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;...

πρόνοος (Ancient Greek): careful, prudent

Definitions

  1. careful, prudent

Ancestry of “πρόνοος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνόοςmind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a...
2Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
3Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
4Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “πρόνοος”

  • pronoia
  • πρόνοιᾰ
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