Where does “διατριβή” come from?

διατριβή (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek διατριβή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

διατριβή (Greek): treatise, discourse

Definitions

  1. treatise, discourse

Ancestry of “διατριβή”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδιατριβήa way of spending time
2Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
3Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →