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Where does “sticharion” come from?

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

sticharion (English): The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the...

Definitions

  1. The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the...

Ancestry of “sticharion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστιχάριον—
2Ancient Greekστίχοςa row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a...
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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