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Where does “dionisíaco” come from?

dionisíaco (Spanish) comes from Latin dionysīacus, from Ancient Greek Διονυσιακός, from Ancient Greek -ακός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

dionisíaco (Spanish): Dionysian

Definitions

  1. Dionysian

Ancestry of “dionisíaco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindionysīacus—
2Ancient GreekΔιονυσιακός—
3Ancient Greek-ακός-ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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