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Where does “Tessália” come from?

Tessália (Portuguese) comes from Latin Thessalia, from Ancient Greek Θεσσαλία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “Tessália”, step by step

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