Where does “paleo-” come from?

paleo- (Portuguese) comes from Ancient Greek παλαιός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

paleo- (Portuguese): paleo

Definitions

  1. paleo

Ancestry of “paleo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαλαιόςold, aged; ancient, of times past; time-honoured,...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “paleo-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek παλαιός →