Where does “σπανός” come from?

σπανός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

σπανός (Ancient Greek): rare, sparse

Definitions

  1. rare, sparse

Ancestry of “σπανός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
2Proto-Hellenic*-os—
3Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “σπανός”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *-os →