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Where does “hemistiquio” come from?

hemistiquio (Spanish) comes from Late Latin hemistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον, from Ancient Greek στίχος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

hemistiquio (Spanish): hemistich

Definitions

  1. hemistich

Ancestry of “hemistiquio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinhemistichiumhemistich
2Ancient Greekἡμιστίχιον—
3Ancient Greekστίχοςa row or file of soldiers; a line of poetry, a...
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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