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Where does “σύν” come from?

σύν (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

σύν (Ancient Greek): beside, with

Definitions

  1. beside, with

Ancestry of “σύν”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekπατρίςThe place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,...
2Ancient Greekπᾰτήρfather
3Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
4Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “σύν”

  • system
  • systems
  • sympathy
  • syndrome
  • symbol
  • symbols
  • symbolic
  • synthesis
  • systemic
  • synthetic
  • symmetry
  • syntax
  • symptom
  • metric
  • ecosystem
  • syllable
  • symbolism
  • synonymous
  • syntactic
  • symmetric
  • synagogue
  • symptomatic
  • asymmetric
  • synchronous
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