Where does “monostrophic” come from?

monostrophic (English) comes from English monostrophe, from English strophe, from Latin stropha, from Ancient Greek στροφή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

monostrophic (English): Of or pertaining to monostrophe

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to monostrophe

Ancestry of “monostrophic”, step by step

monostrophic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English monostrophe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonostropheA metrical composition having a single strophe
2EnglishstropheA turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to...
3Latinstrophastrophe
4Ancient Greekστροφήturning; revolving; twisting
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ