Where does “μήτε” come from?
μήτε (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μήτε, from Ancient Greek τε, from Proto-Hellenic kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
μήτε (Greek): neither … nor; nor even, not even
Definitions
- neither … nor; nor even, not even
Ancestry of “μήτε”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μήτε | and not, neither...nor |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τε | and, also or untranslatable |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | kʷe | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |