Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *en-s (compare the Ionic form ἐνς (ens), later ἐς (es)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (in), from which also ἐν (en, in, at, on). Possibly was created to contrast with ἐν (en) as the result of analogy with the pair ἐκ (ek) / ἐξ (ex), of which the latter is the older form (see *h₁éǵʰs); the -/s/ in ἐξ (ex) is ultimately from the PIE genitive–ablative marker *-(e)s.[1]

The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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εἰς (eis) (governs the accusative)

  1. into

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: εις (eis), σε (se)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἰς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394

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