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Where does “ὀνοματοθετικός” come from?

ὀνοματοθετικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

ὀνοματοθετικός (Ancient Greek): prone to name-giving

Definitions

  1. prone to name-giving

Ancestry of “ὀνοματοθετικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
2Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
3Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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