Where does “ἀφρός” come from?

ἀφρός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.

ἀφρός (Ancient Greek): foam, of the sea; foam, slaver, froth

Definitions

  1. foam, of the sea; foam, slaver, froth

Ancestry of “ἀφρός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeann̥bʰrósrain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeannebʰ-to become damp, cloudy

Words derived from “ἀφρός

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós