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Where does “πτώση” come from?

πτώση (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πτῶσις, from Ancient Greek πίπτω, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

πτώση (Greek): case; fall, drop, reduction; fall, downfall,...

Definitions

  1. case; fall, drop, reduction; fall, downfall,...

Ancestry of “πτώση”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπτῶσιςfalling, a fall; case; inflection
2Ancient Greekπίπτωto fall, throw oneself down
3Ancient Greek-ωσιςabnormal condition or state; state, abnormal...
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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