Where does “-ος” come from?

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

-ος (Greek): An ending found in nouns; An ending found in...

Definitions

  1. An ending found in nouns; An ending found in...

Ancestry of “-ος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
2Proto-Hellenic*-os—
3Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “-ος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *-os →
-ος — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer