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Where does “εθνάρχης” come from?

εθνάρχης (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἐθνάρχης, from Ancient Greek -άρχης, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

εθνάρχης (Greek): leader of nation or race; epithet for political...

Definitions

  1. leader of nation or race; epithet for political...

Ancestry of “εθνάρχης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐθνάρχηςethnarch; a captain of Roman auxiliaries
2Ancient Greek-άρχης-arch
3Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
5Proto-Indo-European-ess—
6Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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