Where does “ελάσσων” come from?
ελάσσων (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἐλάσσων, from Proto-Hellenic elə́ťťōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʷʰ-yōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.
ελάσσων (Greek): minor, lesser; minor
Ancestry of “ελάσσων”, step by step