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Where does “εντυπωσιακός” come from?

εντυπωσιακός (Greek) comes from Greek εντυπωσιάζω, from Greek εντύπωση, from Ancient Greek ἐντύπωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

εντυπωσιακός (Greek): impressive

Definitions

  1. impressive

Ancestry of “εντυπωσιακός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekεντυπωσιάζωto impress
2Greekεντύπωσηimpression, feeling about something
3Ancient Greekἐντύπωσις—
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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