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Where does “λοιπόν” come from?

λοιπόν (Greek) comes from Koine Greek λοιπόν, from Ancient Greek λοιπός, from Proto-Indo-European *loykʷós.

λοιπόν (Greek): so, therefore, right, well, then; so, anyway; so,...

Definitions

  1. so, therefore, right, well, then; so, anyway; so,...

Ancestry of “λοιπόν”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koine Greekλοιπόνremainder
2Ancient Greekλοιπόςremaining, the rest
3Proto-Indo-European*loykʷós—
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