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Where does “-ēō” come from?

-ēō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

-ēō (Proto-Italic): Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...

Definitions

  1. Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...

Ancestry of “-ēō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-ējō—
2Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
3Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-ēō”

  • compliance
  • comply
  • incentive
  • accent
  • vanish
  • fluorescence
  • chant
  • chanting
  • compliant
  • cant
  • enchantment
  • complying
  • frigid
  • canteen
  • cantilever
  • noncompliance
  • evanescent
  • accentuate
  • canto
  • canter
  • iridescent
  • disenchantment
  • decanter
  • luminescence
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