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Where does “ἐξωτικός” come from?

ἐξωτικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἔξω, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

ἐξωτικός (Ancient Greek): foreign, outlying, alien; uninitiated

Definitions

  1. foreign, outlying, alien; uninitiated

Ancestry of “ἐξωτικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἔξωout, out of; outside; without, except
2Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
3Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
4Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “ἐξωτικός”

  • exotic
  • exoticism
  • exotically
  • exoticization
  • exoticist
  • exoticize
  • exoticness
  • exoticisation
  • exoticise
  • unexotic
  • nonexotic
  • exoticity
  • cryptoexotic
  • reexoticize
  • exoticus
  • esotico
  • esoticità
  • esoticamente
  • exotisme
  • exotique
  • exotiquement
  • eksotisk
  • egzotikus
  • egzotikusan
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