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Where does “σύνθεσις” come from?

σύνθεσις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek συντίθημι, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.

σύνθεσις (Ancient Greek): a putting together, composition, combination,...

Definitions

  1. a putting together, composition, combination,...

Ancestry of “σύνθεσις”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσυντίθημιto assemble, put together
2Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
3Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
4Proto-Hellenic*ksún—

Words derived from “σύνθεσις”

  • synthesis
  • synthetic
  • photosynthesis
  • synthesize
  • biosynthesis
  • photosynthetic
  • synthesizer
  • synthetase
  • statin
  • biosynthetic
  • somatostatin
  • synthetically
  • simvastatin
  • synth
  • semisynthetic
  • nucleosynthesis
  • osteosynthesis
  • photosynthetically
  • geosynthetic
  • resynthesis
  • photosynthesize
  • polysynthetic
  • synthesizable
  • chemosynthetic
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