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Where does “-somia” come from?

-somia (Italian) comes from Polish -ia, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “-somia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ia—
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-somia”

  • microsomia
  • macrosomico
  • trisomia
  • trisomico
  • nanosomia
  • macrosomia
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →