Where does “diptotic” come from?

diptotic (English) comes from English diptote, from Latin diptotum, from Ancient Greek δίπτωτος, from Ancient Greek πτῶσις, from Ancient Greek πίπτω, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

diptotic (English): behaving like a diptote, i.e. having or...

Definitions

  1. behaving like a diptote, i.e. having or...

Ancestry of “diptotic”, step by step

diptotic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English diptote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiptoteA noun which has only two cases
2Latindiptotuma noun that only has two cases, a diptote
3Ancient Greekδίπτωτος
4Ancient Greekπτῶσιςfalling, a fall; case; inflection
5Ancient Greekπίπτωto fall, throw oneself down
6Ancient Greek-ωσιςabnormal condition or state; state, abnormal...
7Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
8Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
9Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tisEvery word from Ancient Greek -σῐςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ωσις