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Where does “-ῐστος” come from?

-ῐστος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

Ancestry of “-ῐστος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
2Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
3Proto-Indo-European-yoss—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yoss →