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Where does “-ῑνος” come from?

-ῑνος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Ancestry of “-ῑνος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
2Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-ῑνος”

  • crystalline
  • polycrystalline
  • crystallinity
  • adamantine
  • nanocrystalline
  • microcrystalline
  • semicrystalline
  • monocrystalline
  • noncrystalline
  • cryptocrystalline
  • intracrystalline
  • magnetocrystalline
  • intercrystalline
  • paracrystalline
  • quasicrystalline
  • holocrystalline
  • multicrystalline
  • subcrystalline
  • macrocrystalline
  • ultrananocrystalline
  • pseudocrystalline
  • hypocrystalline
  • cannabine
  • mesocrystalline
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