Where does “πατροκτόνος” come from?
πατροκτόνος (Greek) comes from Greek -κτόνος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
πατροκτόνος (Greek): patricidal; patricide
Ancestry of “πατροκτόνος”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | -κτόνος | πατέρας + API → πατροκτόνος; αδελφός + API →... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ός | — |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |