δύσκολος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, grouchy, cantankerous
- unpleasant, annoying
- difficult, troublesome
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek δυσ- (bad, hard, difficult, unfortunate, ill), -κολος (tender, watcher, keeper).
Origin
Ancient Greek
-κολος
Gloss
tender, watcher, keeper
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dystopia English
- dys- Latin
- dyscolia Latin
- dyscolus Latin
- dyslexia Latin
- discolo Italian
- dys- French
- дистрофия Russian
- -κολος Ancient Greek
- δυσ- Ancient Greek
- *dus- Proto-Indo-European
- dys- Norwegian Bokmål
- dys- Norwegian Nynorsk
- dis- Catalan, Valencian
- δυσκολία Greek (modern)
- δύσκολος Greek (modern)