Where does “saharoza” come from?
saharoza (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -oza, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
saharoza (Serbo-Croatian): saccharose, sucrose
Ancestry of “saharoza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -oza | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ωσις | abnormal condition or state; state, abnormal... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |