Where does “πτῶμα” come from?

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

πτῶμα (Ancient Greek): fall; misfortune, calamity, defeat; one who has...

Definitions

  1. fall; misfortune, calamity, defeat; one who has...

Ancestry of “πτῶμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπίπτωto fall, throw oneself down
2Ancient Greek-ωσιςabnormal condition or state; state, abnormal...
3Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
4Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “πτῶμα”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek -ωσις →