Where does “οξύθυμος” come from?

οξύθυμος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ὀξύθυμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

οξύθυμος (Greek): irascible, irritable, crusty

Definitions

  1. irascible, irritable, crusty

Ancestry of “οξύθυμος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὀξύθυμοςquick to anger, choleric
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *-os →