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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[better]], [[stronger]], [[more advantageous]] (Il.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Attic proper names with <b class="b3">Ἀμειν-</b> are supposed to show that the <b class="b3">-ει</b> is a real diphtong, so not from <b class="b3">*ἀμενι̯ων</b>. Seiler Steigerungsformen 120 assumes <b class="b3">*ἀ-μεινι̯ων</b>, from <b class="b3">*μινύς</b>. DELG remarks that a suffix | |etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[better]], [[stronger]], [[more advantageous]] (Il.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Attic proper names with <b class="b3">Ἀμειν-</b> are supposed to show that the <b class="b3">-ει</b> is a real diphtong, so not from <b class="b3">*ἀμενι̯ων</b>. Seiler Steigerungsformen 120 assumes <b class="b3">*ἀ-μεινι̯ων</b>, from <b class="b3">*μινύς</b>. DELG remarks that a suffix [[-yon-]] is uncertain and that the word could be an old positive. Note that a root <b class="b2">*h₂mein-</b> is impossible in IE (so <b class="b2">*h₂mei-n-</b>). No etym. | ||
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