Where does “δίαιτα” come from?

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

δίαιτα (Greek): diet; fast, low calorie diet

Definitions

  1. diet; fast, low calorie diet

Ancestry of “δίαιτα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδίαιταway of living, way of life, mode of life,...
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek δίαιτα
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