Where does “-ός” come from?

-ός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

-ός (Ancient Greek): Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root

Definitions

  1. Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root

Ancestry of “-ός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*-os
2Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-ός

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Proto-Hellenic *-os