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Where does “στερέωμα” come from?

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

στερέωμα (Greek): support, framework; keel; firmament, the heavens

Definitions

  1. support, framework; keel; firmament, the heavens

Ancestry of “στερέωμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστερέωμαfoundation, framework, firmament
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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