Where does “pinakion” come from?

pinakion (English) comes from Ancient Greek πινάκιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

pinakion (English): An ancient pinax or tablet

Definitions

  1. An ancient pinax or tablet

Ancestry of “pinakion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπινάκιονsmall tablet on which the dicasts wrote their...
2Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek πινάκιον →