Where does “πρόγευμα” come from?

πρόγευμα (Greek) comes from Greek γεύμα, from Ancient Greek γεῦμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

πρόγευμα (Greek): breakfast

Definitions

  1. breakfast

Ancestry of “πρόγευμα”, step by step

πρόγευμα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek γεύμα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekγεύμαmeal, especially lunch
2Ancient Greekγεῦμαtaste, smack
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via Greek προ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekπροbefore
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek γεῦμα
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