Where does “diptotum” come from?

diptotum (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek δίπτωτος, from Ancient Greek πτῶσις, from Ancient Greek πίπτω, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

diptotum (Latin): a noun that only has two cases, a diptote

Definitions

  1. a noun that only has two cases, a diptote

Ancestry of “diptotum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδίπτωτος
2Ancient Greekπτῶσιςfalling, a fall; case; inflection
3Ancient Greekπίπτωto fall, throw oneself down
4Ancient Greek-ωσιςabnormal condition or state; state, abnormal...
5Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
6Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
7Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “diptotum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tisEvery word from Ancient Greek -σῐςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ωσις
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