Where does “-ίων” come from?

-ίων (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic -ihō, from Proto-Indo-European -isō, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

-ίων (Ancient Greek): Suffix added to father's name that forms...

Definitions

  1. Suffix added to father's name that forms...

Ancestry of “-ίων”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic-ihō—
2Proto-Indo-European-isō—
3Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
4Proto-Indo-European-yoss—

Words derived from “-ίων”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yoss →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yōs →Every word from Proto-Hellenic -ihō →