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Where does “-ς” come from?

-ς (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -s — Derives nouns from roots.

Ancestry of “-ς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-sDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “-ς”

  • cephalad
  • heptad
  • polyadic
  • hexad
  • octad
  • orad
  • chiliad
  • polyad
  • aborad
  • decenniad
  • nonad
  • heptadic
  • entad
  • hexadic
  • iniad
  • sacrad
  • ulnad
  • peripherad
  • hendecad
  • thenad
  • octadic
  • tibiad
  • hectad
  • neurad
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -s →