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Where does “βούτῡρον” come from?

βούτῡρον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

βούτῡρον (Ancient Greek): butter; cow cheese

Definitions

  1. butter; cow cheese

Ancestry of “βούτῡρον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβοῦςcow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι...
2LatincorvusA raven; a bird associated with prophecy and...
3Proto-Italickorwos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “βούτῡρον”

  • butter
  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • bureau
  • bureaucrat
  • butternut
  • buttercup
  • bureaux
  • bureaucratization
  • bureaucratically
  • butterfat
  • buttercream
  • bureaucratism
  • butterbur
  • butterball
  • antibureaucratic
  • bureaucratese
  • nonbureaucratic
  • buro
  • butterfish
  • butterwort
  • butterman
  • bureaucratize
  • unbureaucratic
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