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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...

Ancestry of “-ός”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ός”

  • nomad
  • nome
  • nomadism
  • Numidia
  • nomadology
  • nomadological
  • seminomad
  • nomadize
  • nomadian
  • nomade
  • nomadity
  • nomadship
  • nomadness
  • nomadical
  • nomadistic
  • nomopelmous
  • nomadologist
  • nomadologically
  • nomadem
  • nomas
  • Nomas
  • Numida
  • Numidia
  • nómada
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →