Where does “στέλεχος” come from?

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

στέλεχος (Ancient Greek): the crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk...

Definitions

  1. the crown of the root, whence the stem or trunk...

Ancestry of “στέλεχος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekστέλλωI make ready, prepare; I furnish, dress; I...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “στέλεχος

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Ancient Greek -όςEvery word from Ancient Greek στέλλω