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Where does “ἡθμός” come from?

ἡθμός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

ἡθμός (Ancient Greek): strainer, colander, especially for wine; part of...

Definitions

  1. strainer, colander, especially for wine; part of...

Ancestry of “ἡθμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →