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Where does “-ᾰ́ς” come from?

-ᾰ́ς (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön, from Ottoman Turkish اوك, from Proto-Turkic ǖn — sound, voice.

-ᾰ́ς (Ancient Greek): group of

Definitions

  1. group of

Ancestry of “-ᾰ́ς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
2Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
3Hungarianönyou
4Hungarianön-self-
5Turkishönfront
6Ottoman Turkishاوك—
7Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “-ᾰ́ς”

  • decades
  • decade
  • lamp
  • myriad
  • Iliad
  • dyadic
  • lamplight
  • dyad
  • hexadecimal
  • monad
  • tetrahedron
  • Olympiad
  • Cyclades
  • lamppost
  • decadal
  • monadic
  • Olympias
  • lampblack
  • tetrad
  • headlamp
  • lampshade
  • streetlamp
  • trichomoniasis
  • lamplighter
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