Where does “paléo-” come from?

paléo- (French) comes from Ancient Greek παλαιός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

paléo- (French): paleo-

Definitions

  1. paleo-

Ancestry of “paléo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαλαιόςold, aged; ancient, of times past; time-honoured,...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “paléo-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek παλαιός →