Where does “ὡς” come from?

ὡς (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ως, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

ὡς (Ancient Greek): the introduction to similes; to qualify a general...

Definitions

  1. the introduction to similes; to qualify a general...

Ancestry of “ὡς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ωςAdded to the stem of adjectives or pronouns to...
2Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “ὡς”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ως →