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Where does “-anthrope” come from?

-anthrope (French) comes from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “-anthrope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-anthrope”

  • paranthrope
  • synanthrope
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