Where does “-μή” come from?

-μή (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

-μή (Ancient Greek): suffix forming action/result nouns from verb stems

Definitions

  1. suffix forming action/result nouns from verb stems

Ancestry of “-μή”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “-μή”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →