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Where does “Asiarch” come from?

Asiarch (English) comes from Latin Asiarcha, from Ancient Greek Ἀσιάρχης, from Ancient Greek -άρχης, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Asiarch (English): One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman...

Definitions

  1. One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman...

Ancestry of “Asiarch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAsiarchaAsiarch
2Ancient GreekἈσιάρχηςAsiarch
3Ancient Greek-άρχης-arch
4Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
6Proto-Indo-European-ess—
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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