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Where does “ὁρισμός” come from?

ὁρισμός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ὁρίζω, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ὁρισμός (Ancient Greek): marking out by boundaries, limitation; definition

Definitions

  1. marking out by boundaries, limitation; definition

Ancestry of “ὁρισμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekὁρίζωI divide, separate from; I mark out; I ordain,...
2Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
3Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
4Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “ὁρισμός”

  • ορισμός
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