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Where does “ἴς” come from?

ἴς (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European wéyh₁s, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

ἴς (Ancient Greek): force, power; muscle

Definitions

  1. force, power; muscle

Ancestry of “ἴς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwéyh₁sforce, vehemence
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “ἴς”

  • inositol
  • inotropic
  • phosphatidylinositol
  • phosphoinositide
  • inosine
  • inion
  • myoinositol
  • phosphoinositol
  • inosite
  • inosinic
  • inial
  • glycophosphatidylinositol
  • inosinate
  • deoxyinosine
  • polyinosinic
  • inositide
  • polyinosine
  • iniad
  • inositolphospholipid
  • noninotropic
  • ina
  • Ifigenia
  • ínio
  • ἰνίον
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