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Where does “ἄριστον” come from?

ἄριστον (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic ayeriston, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyeri-h₁d-to-.

ἄριστον (Ancient Greek): morning meal, breakfast; lunch; inflection of...

Definitions

  1. morning meal, breakfast; lunch; inflection of...

Ancestry of “ἄριστον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenicayeriston—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyeri-h₁d-to-—

Words derived from “ἄριστον”

  • aristology
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyeri-h₁d-to- →