Where does “hamaxostichus” come from?
hamaxostichus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
hamaxostichus (Latin): a train
Definitions
- a train
Ancestry of “hamaxostichus”, step by step
hamaxostichus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek στίχος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | στίχος | a row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |