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Where does “-μη” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-μη”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-μη”

  • osmium
  • osmic
  • osmanthus
  • osmazome
  • osmeterium
  • iridosmine
  • osmate
  • osmide
  • rutheniridosmine
  • osmian
  • radioosmium
  • eka-osmium
  • osmiamic acid
  • osmicate
  • nonosmium
  • organoosmium
  • diosmium
  • osma
  • orma
  • ormare
  • orme
  • osmijs
  • osmium
  • υποστιγμή
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →