Where does “стихоплет” come from?
стихоплет (Bulgarian) comes from Russian стихоплёт, from Russian стих, from Old East Slavic стихъ, from Old Church Slavonic стихъ, from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Ancestry of “стихоплет”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | стихоплёт | poetaster |
| 2 | Russian | стих | verse; poem, poems; mood |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | стихъ | — |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | стихъ | verse |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στίχος | a row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |