Where does “-τρια” come from?

-τρια (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τρῐᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -trih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-τρια (Greek): feminises masculine nouns

Definitions

  1. feminises masculine nouns

Ancestry of “-τρια”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τρῐᾰforms feminine agent nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-trih₂Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
3Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-τρια”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -τρῐᾰ →