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Where does “ὄφελμα” come from?

ὄφελμα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

ὄφελμα (Ancient Greek): increase, advantage

Definitions

  1. increase, advantage

Ancestry of “ὄφελμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →