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Where does “ἀποτελεσματικός” come from?

ἀποτελεσματικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἀποτέλεσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “ἀποτελεσματικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀποτέλεσμαeffect of the stars on human destiny
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “ἀποτελεσματικός”

  • apotelesmatic
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