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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

  1. Lack of land, a reason for Greek colonization in...

Ancestry of “stenochoria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστενοχωρία—
2Ancient Greekστενόχωρος—
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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