Where does “դեֆիս” come from?
դեֆիս (Armenian) comes from Russian дефи́с, from German Divis, from Latin Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
դեֆիս (Armenian): hyphen, the "-" sign
Ancestry of “դեֆիս”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | дефи́с | — |
| 2 | German | Divis | hyphen |
| 3 | Latin | Dionȳsius | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Διονύσιος | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |