Where does “stenochoria” come from?
stenochoria (English) comes from Ancient Greek στενοχωρία, from Ancient Greek στενόχωρος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
stenochoria (English): Lack of land, a reason for Greek colonization in...
Definitions
- Lack of land, a reason for Greek colonization in...
Ancestry of “stenochoria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | στενοχωρία | narrowness of space, a want or lack of room |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | στενόχωρος | of narrow space, strait |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |