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Where does “-ῐον” come from?

-ῐον (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-ῐον (Ancient Greek): diminutive suffix; "suffix forming...

Definitions

  1. diminutive suffix; "suffix forming...

Ancestry of “-ῐον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-ῐον”

  • criteria
  • symposium
  • mystery
  • symposiast
  • criterion
  • symposiastic
  • Byzantine
  • symposiastically
  • opium
  • symposium
  • cherry
  • symposia
  • opioid
  • symposium
  • συμποσιαστής
  • συμπόσιον
  • Byzantium
  • opiate
  • carat
  • tarragon
  • metier
  • Wisniewski
  • multicriteria
  • proem
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