Where does “πράγματι” come from?
πράγματι (Greek) comes from Greek πράγμα, from Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
πράγματι (Greek): indeed, really, actually
Ancestry of “πράγματι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | πράγμα | thing, entity, object; stuff; thingy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πρᾶγμα | deed, act, fact; occurance, matter, affair;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |