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Where does “πῶς” come from?

πῶς (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ως, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

πῶς (Ancient Greek): how?, in what way?

Definitions

  1. how?, in what way?

Ancestry of “πῶς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ωςAdded to the stem of adjectives or pronouns to...
2Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “πῶς”

  • πώς
  • πως
  • ὅπως
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