Where does “τάφος” come from?

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

τάφος (Greek): grave, tomb

Definitions

  1. grave, tomb

Ancestry of “τάφος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτάφοςfuneral rites, burial, funeral, wake; tomb,...
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...

Words derived from “τάφος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek τάφος →