Where does “αγραμματοσύνη” come from?

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

αγραμματοσύνη (Greek): illiteracy

Definitions

  1. illiteracy

Ancestry of “αγραμματοσύνη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekαγράμματοςilliterate; ignorant; uneducated
2Greekά-Alternative form of α-; without; less
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-
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