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Where does “συνθετικός” come from?

συνθετικός (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek συνθετικός, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις, from Ancient Greek συντίθημι, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.

συνθετικός (Greek): synthetic; composite, component

Definitions

  1. synthetic; composite, component

Ancestry of “συνθετικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσυνθετικόςskilled in putting together, constructive;...
2Ancient Greekσύνθεσιςa putting together, composition, combination,...
3Ancient Greekσυντίθημιto assemble, put together
4Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
5Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
6Proto-Hellenic*ksún—
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