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Where does “-έω” come from?

-έω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

-έω (Ancient Greek): Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...

Definitions

  1. Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...

Ancestry of “-έω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
2Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-έω”

  • theory
  • category
  • Philip
  • Philadelphia
  • surgery
  • cat
  • blame
  • bishop
  • surgical
  • surgeon
  • Phil
  • Phillips
  • cats
  • superintendent
  • microscope
  • telescope
  • theorem
  • hepatic
  • microscopic
  • microscopy
  • archbishop
  • Fill
  • Phillip
  • spectroscopy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →