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Where does “Ερμαφρόδιτος” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Ερμαφρόδιτος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἙρμαφρόδιτος—
2Ancient Greek-ός—
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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