Where does “μνημείο” come from?

μνημείο (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μνημεῖον, from Ancient Greek μνήμη, from Ancient Greek -μή, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

μνημείο (Greek): memorial, monument

Definitions

  1. memorial, monument

Ancestry of “μνημείο”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμνημεῖονany memorial, remembrance, record of a person or...
2Ancient GreekμνήμηMemory, remembrance
3Ancient Greek-μήsuffix forming action/result nouns from verb stems
4Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -μή →