-ία

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ (suffix forming a collectve noun).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*-i-eh₂, *-h₂

Gloss

suffix forming a collectve noun

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