-ακός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From -κός (-kós) with an added α from ā-stems and later extended to other nouns. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *-ākos (whence Old Irish -ach and Welsh -og) and Proto-Germanic *-agaz (whence Old Norse -agr and Gothic -𐌰𐌲𐍃 (-ags)).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ᾰκός (-akósm (feminine -ᾰκή, neuter -ᾰκόν); first/second declension

  1. Added to noun stems to form adjectives: of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ac
    καρδίᾱ (kardíā) + ‎-ακός (-akós) → ‎καρδιακός (kardiakós)
    Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios) + ‎-ακός (-akós) → ‎Αἰγυπτιακός (Aiguptiakós)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: -ακός (-akós)
  • Latin: -acus
    • English: -ac

Further reading

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  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858