Where does “γέννηση” come from?
γέννηση (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek γέννηση, from Ancient Greek γέννησις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
γέννηση (Greek): birth; start, inauguration
Definitions
- birth; start, inauguration
Ancestry of “γέννηση”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Byzantine Greek | γέννηση | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γέννησις | producing; a birth |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |