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Where does “րոպեական” come from?

րոպեական (Armenian) comes from Armenian րոպե, from Old Armenian րոպէ, from Ancient Greek ῥοπή, from Ancient Greek ῥέπω, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

րոպեական (Armenian): instantaneous, momentary

Definitions

  1. instantaneous, momentary

Ancestry of “րոպեական”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianրոպեminute; unspecified short time
2Old Armenianրոպէsecond; instant, moment; the world, the universe
3Ancient Greekῥοπήinclination downwards; downward momentum
4Ancient Greekῥέπωto incline one way or the other; to preponderate,...
5Ancient Greek-ός—
6Proto-Hellenic*-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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