Where does “συγγνώμη” come from?

συγγνώμη (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μή, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

συγγνώμη (Ancient Greek): acknowledgement; confession

Definitions

  1. acknowledgement; confession

Ancestry of “συγγνώμη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μήsuffix forming action/result nouns from verb stems
2Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -μή →