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Where does “digynie” come from?

digynie (French) comes from French -ie, from Middle French -ie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

digynie (French): digyny

Definitions

  1. digyny

Ancestry of “digynie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
2Middle French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
3Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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