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Where does “μέτοικος” come from?

μέτοικος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μέτοικος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

μέτοικος (Greek): metic; immigrant

Definitions

  1. metic; immigrant

Ancestry of “μέτοικος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμέτοικοςmetic; settler from abroad, alien resident in a...
2Ancient Greekοἶκοςhouse or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;...
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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