Where does “πώς” come from?

πώς (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πῶς, from Ancient Greek -ως, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

πώς (Greek): how

Definitions

  1. how

Ancestry of “πώς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπῶςhow?, in what way?
2Ancient Greek-ωςAdded to the stem of adjectives or pronouns to...
3Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ωςEvery word from Ancient Greek πῶς