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Where does “ερώτηση” come from?

ερώτηση (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἐρώτησις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

ερώτηση (Greek): question

Definitions

  1. question

Ancestry of “ερώτηση”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐρώτησις—
2Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
3Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →