Where does “Ἀστυπάλαια” come from?
Ἀστυπάλαια (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek παλαιός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Ἀστυπάλαια (Ancient Greek): Astypalaia, Dodecanese, Greece
Definitions
- Astypalaia, Dodecanese, Greece
Ancestry of “Ἀστυπάλαια”, step by step
Ἀστυπάλαια traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek παλαιός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | παλαιός | old, aged; ancient, of times past; time-honoured,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |