Where does “βορά” come from?

βορά (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -η, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

βορά (Ancient Greek): food, meat, properly of carnivorous beasts

Definitions

  1. food, meat, properly of carnivorous beasts

Ancestry of “βορά”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ηAdded to verbal stems ending in a consonant to...
2Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -η →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →