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Where does “τετράστιχον” come from?

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

τετράστιχον (Ancient Greek): having four rows

Definitions

  1. having four rows

Ancestry of “τετράστιχον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστίχοςa row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a...
2Ancient Greek-ός—
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “τετράστιχον”

  • tetrastich
  • tetrastichon
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