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Where does “ἡμιστίχιον” come from?

ἡμιστίχιον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “ἡμιστίχιον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστίχοςa row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a...
2Ancient Greek-ός—
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “ἡμιστίχιον”

  • hemistich
  • hemistichal
  • hemistichium
  • hemistiquio
  • hémistiche
  • hemistichium
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