Where does “hipergamia” come from?

hipergamia (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -gamia, from Ancient Greek -γαμία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

hipergamia (Portuguese): hypergamy

Definitions

  1. hypergamy

Ancestry of “hipergamia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-gamia-gamy
2Ancient Greek-γαμία—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Portuguese -gamia →