Where does “ἀγχιστεία” come from?

ἀγχιστεία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἄγχιστος, from Ancient Greek -ῐστος, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

ἀγχιστεία (Ancient Greek): close kinship; right of inheritance; exclusion by...

Definitions

  1. close kinship; right of inheritance; exclusion by...

Ancestry of “ἀγχιστεία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἄγχιστοςnearest
2Ancient Greek-ῐστοςAdded to some adjectives to form a superlative adjective
3Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
4Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
5Proto-Indo-European-yoss—

Words derived from “ἀγχιστεία”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yoss →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐστος →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yōs →