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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros