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Where does “-μενος” come from?

-μενος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -mh₁nos — forms the middle participle.

-μενος (Ancient Greek): Added to tense stems of verbs to form middle,...

Definitions

  1. Added to tense stems of verbs to form middle,...

Ancestry of “-μενος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-mh₁nosforms the middle participle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mh₁nos →