-ιστος

Ancient Greek

adj-1&2

Definitions

Added to some adjectives to form a superlative adjective

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-istHos, *-yōs + Proto-Indo-European *-tós (deverbal adjective suffix).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*-tós

Gloss

deverbal adjective suffix

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-τος Ancient Greek
*-istHos Proto-Indo-European
*-tós Proto-Indo-European
*-yōs Proto-Indo-European
*-istaz Proto-Germanic
ऋतावन् Sanskrit
-𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
-ist Old Dutch
*-jōs Proto-Italic
*-tos Proto-Italic
केले Marathi
𑀓𑀅 Maharastri Prakrit
𑀓𑀝 Ashokan Prakrit
𐬀𐬴𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 Avestan

-τος