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Where does “φτηνός” come from?

φτηνός (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek εὐτηνός, from Koine Greek εὐθηνός.

φτηνός (Greek): cheap, inexpensive, of low value; shoddy, of poor...

Definitions

  1. cheap, inexpensive, of low value; shoddy, of poor...

Ancestry of “φτηνός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekεὐτηνός—
2Koine Greekεὐθηνός—
Every word from Koine Greek εὐθηνός →