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Where does “-τος” come from?

-τος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

-τος (Ancient Greek): creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...

Definitions

  1. creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...

Ancestry of “-τος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-τος”

  • skeleton
  • skeletal
  • musculoskeletal
  • cytoskeleton
  • fibroblast
  • blastocyst
  • cytoskeletal
  • trophoblast
  • neuroblastoma
  • exoskeleton
  • osteoblast
  • lymphoblastic
  • retinoblastoma
  • glioblastoma
  • noetic
  • osteoblastic
  • trophoblastic
  • megaloblastic
  • medulloblastoma
  • blastema
  • blastula
  • epiblast
  • skeletally
  • fibroblastic
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