Where does “paléotectonique” come from?
paléotectonique (French) comes from French paléo-, from Ancient Greek παλαιός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
paléotectonique (French): paleotectonic
Definitions
- paleotectonic
Ancestry of “paléotectonique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | paléo- | paleo- |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παλαιός | old, aged; ancient, of times past; time-honoured,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |