Etymology

-ot

Today it means: A demonymic suffix mostly found in borrowings from Greek. Full definition →

Ancient Greek -ώτης
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed from-ώτης
  2. English today-ot

From Ancient Greek -ώτης (-ṓtēs).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.