Where does “monostich” come from?

monostich (English) comes from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

monostich (English): A poem having only one line

Definitions

  1. A poem having only one line

Ancestry of “monostich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστίχοςa row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “monostich”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek στίχος →