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Where does “-εινός” come from?

-εινός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic -ehnos, from Proto-Indo-European -es-.

-εινός (Ancient Greek): Usually added to neuter nouns in -ος to form an...

Definitions

  1. Usually added to neuter nouns in -ος to form an...

Ancestry of “-εινός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic-ehnos—
2Proto-Indo-European-es-—

Words derived from “-εινός”

  • Fotini
  • Photinus
  • φωτεινότητα
  • φωτεινός
  • Φωτεινή
  • Φωτεινός
  • φωτεινός
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -es- →