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Where does “tyrannie” come from?

tyrannie (Old French) comes from Latin tyrannia, from Ancient Greek τυραννία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “tyrannie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintyrannia—
2Ancient Greekτυραννίαtyranny
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “tyrannie”

  • tyranny
  • tyrannist
  • anti-tyrannist
  • tirannye
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