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Where does “αγράμματος” come from?

αγράμματος (Greek) comes from Greek ά-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

αγράμματος (Greek): illiterate; ignorant; uneducated

Definitions

  1. illiterate; ignorant; uneducated

Ancestry of “αγράμματος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekά-Alternative form of α-; without; less
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “αγράμματος”

  • αγραμματοσύνη
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