-τήρ

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

Added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr (agent nouns from verbs, suffix forming glossary, denoting someone something whose role purpose it is to perform the verb's action).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*-tḗr

Gloss

agent nouns from verbs, suffix forming glossary, denoting someone something whose role purpose it is to perform the verb's action

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

καθετήρ Ancient Greek
*-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
*népōts Proto-Indo-European

καθετήρ