Where does “ὥστε” come from?

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

ὥστε (Ancient Greek): 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad; 800 BCE – 600...

Definitions

  1. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad; 800 BCE – 600...

Ancestry of “ὥστε”, step by step

ὥστε traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ὡς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὡςthe introduction to similes; to qualify a general...
2Ancient Greek-ωςAdded to the stem of adjectives or pronouns to...
3Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Ancient Greek τε

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτεand, also or untranslatable
2Proto-Hellenickʷe
3Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ωςEvery word from Ancient Greek ὡς