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Where does “-τερος” come from?

-τερος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

-τερος (Ancient Greek): Used on adjectives that express some notion of...

Definitions

  1. Used on adjectives that express some notion of...

Ancestry of “-τερος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-τερος”

  • priest
  • Preston
  • priestly
  • priestess
  • Presley
  • presbytery
  • presbyter
  • priestcraft
  • amphotericin
  • presbyterian
  • Proterozoic
  • Neoproterozoic
  • amphoteric
  • Paleoproterozoic
  • archpriest
  • presbyterial
  • Mesoproterozoic
  • presbyterate
  • presbyterianism
  • presbyteral
  • priestless
  • priestlike
  • priestling
  • unpriestly
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