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Where does “-ποιώ” come from?

-ποιώ (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ποιῶ, from Ancient Greek ποιῶ, from Ancient Greek ποιέω, from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō.

-ποιώ (Greek): A verbal suffix indicating the production of an...

Definitions

  1. A verbal suffix indicating the production of an...

Ancestry of “-ποιώ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ποιῶ—
2Ancient Greekποιῶ—
3Ancient GreekποιέωTo make; To do; To pretend
4Proto-Hellenic*kʷoiwéyō—

Words derived from “-ποιώ”

  • αλευροποιώ
  • αγγλοποιώ
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