Where does “ροπή” come from?
ροπή (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ῥοπή, from Ancient Greek ῥέπω, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
ροπή (Greek): inclination
Definitions
- inclination
Ancestry of “ροπή”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ῥοπή | inclination downwards; downward momentum |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ῥέπω | to incline one way or the other; to preponderate,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |