Where does “ὀνυχιστήριον” come from?

ὀνυχιστήριον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τήριον, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

ὀνυχιστήριον (Ancient Greek): nail scissors

Definitions

  1. nail scissors

Ancestry of “ὀνυχιστήριον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τήριον—
2Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek -τήρ →Every word from Ancient Greek -τήριον →