Where does “metanoja” come from?

metanoja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek μετάνοια, from Ancient Greek μετανοέω, from Ancient Greek νοέω, from Ancient Greek νόος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

metanoja (Serbo-Croatian): metanoia

Definitions

  1. metanoia

Ancestry of “metanoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμετάνοιαafterthought, repentance
2Ancient Greekμετανοέωto perceive afterwards or too late; to change...
3Ancient Greekνοέωto perceive, observe, see, notice; to think,...
4Ancient Greekνόοςmind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a...
5Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
6Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
7Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
8Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
9Proto-Indo-European-ess
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -osEvery word from Ancient Greek -ειδήςEvery word from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα