Where does “στίχος” come from?

στίχος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

στίχος (Greek): a line of text, usually verse; verse, poetry;...

Definitions

  1. a line of text, usually verse; verse, poetry;...

Ancestry of “στίχος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστίχοςa row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek στίχος →