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Where does “ομιλία” come from?

ομιλία (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ὁμιλία, from Ancient Greek ὅμῑλος, from Ancient Greek ὁμός, from Ancient Greek φύλον, from Ancient Greek φιλία, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ομιλία (Greek): speech; discourse, talk; lecture, homily

Definitions

  1. speech; discourse, talk; lecture, homily

Ancestry of “ομιλία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὁμιλίαintercourse, interaction, company; sexual...
2Ancient Greekὅμῑλοςa crowd or gathering of people; crowd, throng
3Ancient Greekὁμόςsame, common, joint
4Ancient Greekφύλον—
5Ancient Greekφιλίαfriendship, love, affection, fondness;...
6Ancient GreekἉρμονία—
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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