Where does “dionysīacus” come from?

dionysīacus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Διονυσιακός, from Ancient Greek -ακός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

dionysīacus (Latin): Dionysian pertaining to Dionysus

Definitions

  1. Dionysian pertaining to Dionysus

Ancestry of “dionysīacus”, step by step

dionysīacus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek Διονυσιακός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΔιονυσιακόςDionysiac
2Ancient Greek-ακός-ic
3Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Ancient Greek Διονῡσιακός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΔιονῡσιακόςDionysiac

Words derived from “dionysīacus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ακός →