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Where does “tetrastichon” come from?

tetrastichon (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek τετράστιχον, from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “tetrastichon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτετράστιχονhaving four rows
2Ancient Greekστίχοςa row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a...
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “tetrastichon”

  • tetrastich
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