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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *-yō, from Proto-Indo-European *-yoh₂. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *-janą and Sanskrit -यति (-yati). See progressive aspect marker.
Suffix
-ι̯ω • (-i̯ō) (unproductive)
- Derives verbs from nominals, fusing with their stems in particular ways
- μέλᾱς (mélās, “black”, stem: μελᾰν-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → μελαίνω (melaínō, “I blacken”)
- σῆμα (sêma, “token”, original stem: σημαν-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signal”)
- κῆρυξ (kêrux, “herald”, stem: κηρῡκ-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → κηρύσσω (kērússō, “I announce”)
- ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”, original stem: ἀγγελ-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → ἀγγέλλω (angéllō, “I report”)
- καθαρός (katharós, “clean”, original stem: καθαρ-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → καθαίρω (kathaírō, “I cleanse”)
- ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”, stem: ἐλπιδ-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → ἐλπίζω (elpízō, “I hope”)
- τέλος (télos, “end”, weak stem: τελεσ-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → τελέω (teléō, “I bring about”)
- αἰδώς (aidṓs, “respect”, combining form: αἰδεσ-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → αἰδέομαι (aidéomai, “I respect”)
- νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → νῑκάω (nīkáō, “I am victorious”)
- τόλμᾰ (tólma, “courage”) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → τολμάω (tolmáō, “I dare”)
- χάρις (kháris, “grace”, stem: χᾰριτ-) + -ι̯ω (-i̯ō) → χᾰρίζω (kharízō, “I grant a favor to”)
Derived terms