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Where does “ἀγρός” come from?

ἀγρός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic agrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros — field, pasturage.

ἀγρός (Ancient Greek): field, land, countryside

Definitions

  1. field, land, countryside

Ancestry of “ἀγρός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicagrósfield; arable land; countryside
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵrosfield, pasturage

Words derived from “ἀγρός”

  • agronomic
  • agronomy
  • agronomist
  • agronomically
  • agrostology
  • agrostological
  • agrostis
  • agrostis
  • agronomie
  • agronome
  • Agronom
  • άγρωστη
  • agronómusok
  • agronómus
  • Agrostis
  • Agropsar
  • Agrilus
  • Agriornis
  • Calamagrostis
  • ἄγρωστις
  • ἄγροικος
  • ἀγρονόμος
  • ἄγραυλος
  • ἀγραυλέω
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