Where does “κάποτε” come from?
κάποτε (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek κάποτε, from Ancient Greek ποτέ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷokʷe, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.
κάποτε (Greek): sometime; formerly, once ; at some point;...
Definitions
- sometime; formerly, once ; at some point;...
Ancestry of “κάποτε”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Byzantine Greek | κάποτε | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ποτέ | at some time, once, ever; presumably, possibly;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷokʷe | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |