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Where does “πτῐ́λωσῐς” come from?

πτῐ́λωσῐς (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

πτῐ́λωσῐς (Ancient Greek): plumage; a disease of the eyelids in which their...

Definitions

  1. plumage; a disease of the eyelids in which their...

Ancestry of “πτῐ́λωσῐς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
2Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →