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Where does “ανθρωποκτονία” come from?

ανθρωποκτονία (Greek) comes from Greek άνθρωπος, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

ανθρωποκτονία (Greek): homicide, murder

Definitions

  1. homicide, murder

Ancestry of “ανθρωποκτονία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekάνθρωποςa human; person; the species man
2Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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