Where does “Aorist” come from?
Aorist (German) comes from Latin aoristus, from Ancient Greek ἀόριστος, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζω, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Aorist (German): aorist
Ancestry of “Aorist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | aoristus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀόριστος | indefinite, indeterminate; without boundaries,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζω | I divide, separate from; I mark out; I ordain,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |