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Where does “γεύμα” come from?

γεύμα (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek γεῦμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

γεύμα (Greek): meal, especially lunch

Definitions

  1. meal, especially lunch

Ancestry of “γεύμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγεῦμαtaste, smack
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “γεύμα”

  • πρόγευμα
  • απόγευμα
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