Where does “μαθήτρια” come from?

μαθήτρια (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τρῐᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -trih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

μαθήτρια (Greek): pupil, student, schoolgirl

Definitions

  1. pupil, student, schoolgirl

Ancestry of “μαθήτρια”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τρῐᾰforms feminine agent nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-trih₂Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
3Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -τρῐᾰ →