Where does “θλίψη” come from?
θλίψη (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek θλῖψις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
θλίψη (Greek): sorrow, sadness, grief, affliction
Definitions
- sorrow, sadness, grief, affliction
Ancestry of “θλίψη”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | θλῖψις | pressure |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |