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Where does “ᾆσμα” come from?

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

ᾆσμα (Ancient Greek): song, lyric ode, hymn

Definitions

  1. song, lyric ode, hymn

Ancestry of “ᾆσμα”, 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

Words derived from “ᾆσμα”

  • asma
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