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Where does “όρυγμα” come from?

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

όρυγμα (Greek): trench

Definitions

  1. trench

Ancestry of “όρυγμα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄρυγμαtrench, ditch, moat; tunnel, mine, excavation;...
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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