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Where does “ἀλφός” come from?

ἀλφός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European albʰós — white.

ἀλφός (Ancient Greek): a type of skin disease, typified by dull white...

Definitions

  1. a type of skin disease, typified by dull white...

Ancestry of “ἀλφός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanalbʰóswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European albʰós →