Where does “βαμβάκι” come from?

βαμβάκι (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek βαμβάκιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

βαμβάκι (Greek): cotton; cotton wool

Definitions

  1. cotton; cotton wool

Ancestry of “βαμβάκι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβαμβάκιονcotton
2Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “βαμβάκι”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek βαμβάκιον →